VALLEY OF SHADOW

vehicle. I think I heard the same sound of the door key as it was being locked. It became c

t without a surety? Why did they ask me to sign I have left the station? Many thoughts began t

lux van, it was either the police or just security van, because occasionally, the

for hours, that I was sure even if we were crawling, we may have driven out from Enugu State,

n the rough car headrest imagining what could be

ng the murmurs of the driver and the passenger at the front, they were talking on a muted to

ructions or for people. I was only left behind inside the vehicle. Suddenly, there were

de me to sit on one of the bikes, someone else sat behind me, we started a new journey. I had tried to remove the blind

The coldness of the weather and the chipping of the crickets suggested we were in a bush advancing towards a forest. Only

sounds of gate and voices of security men as gates opened, the bike men drove inside. I was made to go d

as not allowed to regain my sight when the huge husky voice one pulled me towards a warehouse-l

thick forest beats my imagination. I was made to sit on a long chair and the people that broug

as a sound, a noisy sound louder than whatever sounds I have heard before, it was a propeller sound,