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When you meet a Port Harcourt person that was born in the 80's & 90's, dem dey avoid trouble at all cost. It is because we lived through periods of intense violence. From the streets, to campuses, deep into the dark creeks, & mangroves. Life in Rivers State was dangerous. You fit wake up for house commot, make u no come back again, either u kpai by stray bullet or men fall you. I remember one day I go see my class mate for Marine base, we played Play station until it was late, so I decided to spend the night there (wrongest decision I ever made). At around 11:15 p.m, approximately fifty well armed members of Asari’s NDPVF arrived by speedboats at Marine Base, a waterfront area in Port Harcourt where several members of Ateke Tom’s NDV resided. At about 11.30 p.m, they started chanting Asawana, we started hearing gunshots coming from the River and from the road. The gunshots lasted until 5a.m. I didn’t know what was happening, there were gunshots everywhere. If you peep through the window it was like stars, so we just lay flat in the house and prayed. That was all we could do. The security forces didn’t arrive at the scene until 6a.m. and appeared unable to contain the violence or match the firepower of the NDPVF. The police ran away leaving residents defenseless. The fighting led to the deaths of over 13persons, as well as the destruction of several stores and cars. That was the last time I ever stepped my foot in Marine base. This event happened over 20years ago, till today if you invite me to Marine base or Abuloma for business, you can never see me there. Thank God for the uneasy calm we are experiencing now in Port Harcourt.