“When the time comes to launch the real struggle you will know,” he says.
Boyloaf, also known as Ebikabowei Victor, is full of surprises. he picks up a cue to play snooker, his favourite game, and dons camouflage headgear to conceal his shaven head, because his role with Mend means he must remain faceless.
Boyloaf has just acquired a new pool table and his private well-stocked bar is an air-conditioned oasis of calm in the heavily-armed camp, festooned with the red and white flags of the Ijaw war god Egbesu, deep in the mangrove creeks of Southern Ijaw District in Bayelsa State.
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