Mortuary swam down the river near the shallow banks and ran into the forest where he stayed for fifteen minutes panting heavily. He had been a professional diver and swimmer. He started swimming when he was a little boy and followed the Ijaw people of the Niger Delta to the river. When he hit the main road, he pulled out his.22 from its holster and hijacked a car from its owner. He drove off and climbed the bridge. There were policemen on night patrol at the other end of the bridge. But he was not afraid of any one of them. He killed the engine and alighted from the car without closing the door and walked over to the pedestrian side of the bridge. At the tail end of the bridge, he caught sight of a policeman who was dozing on the path he would take. There was no way a person of his carriag
