“I am going to kill you.” Whatever happens, stay standing, I thought; do not let your knees buckle. The man stared at me and then walked off. We waited and smoked cigarettes and watched the men for the slightest sign they might warm up to us or at least decide we weren’t a threat. MEND was disrupting the global oil supply by storming offshore platforms and blowing up pipelines, and they assumed it was only a matter of time before the Americans came after them. And then Mike and I showed up. After a while Jomo called back and told his men to let us go. My name had checked out with his Ijaw
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