Guardian Newspapers: "IT was this reporter's second journey to the scene of horror. A year ago, he had carried out a similar assignment to a pipeline fire scene.
The outboard engine boat to take passengers to Ikate where the latest human carnage occurred waited endlessly to ferry villagers across the wide Lagos Harbour, westward to Takwa Bay. It takes a normal load of 10 people who pay N100 each for the 20 minutes trip. During the Yuletide, it was hiked to N250 per person.
But for a charter by three reporters - Vanguard man and Reuters man - the fee was N6,000 for a return trip.
Crossing the turbulent Atlantic Ocean Harbour for a non-swimmer like me was not a tea party. Thoughts were running riot. The brackish waters produced butterflies in the stomach"
The outboard engine boat to take passengers to Ikate where the latest human carnage occurred waited endlessly to ferry villagers across the wide Lagos Harbour, westward to Takwa Bay. It takes a normal load of 10 people who pay N100 each for the 20 minutes trip. During the Yuletide, it was hiked to N250 per person.
But for a charter by three reporters - Vanguard man and Reuters man - the fee was N6,000 for a return trip.
Crossing the turbulent Atlantic Ocean Harbour for a non-swimmer like me was not a tea party. Thoughts were running riot. The brackish waters produced butterflies in the stomach"