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Gunshots woke me up from sleep.
When I went out to see what made people run and shout...
all I saw was the army.
When I saw the army I was afraid so I ran inside and closed the door.
I heard: Close the door.
Some people were telling their children to go into the house.
I had never witnessed that kind of thing before.
I had never set eyes on such a cloud of disharmony before.
So I was confused. I don't know.
Before the incident I was able to stay...
for three months and two weeks.
Before the incident.
I told my parents I would go to Port Harcourt...
to struggle as a man.
I started work as a worker...
three months before the incident happened.
That was how I came to Port Harcourt.
I had to struggle as a man...
to get something to take care of myself...
and my parents who live in the village.
The music that I will like for the rest of my life...
is 'I'm trading my sorrows' by Women of Faith.
I like the music very much.
Whenever I listen to the music I feel very happy...
and my whole day will be bright.
I'm trading my sickness
I'm trading my pain
I'm laying them down for the joy of the Lord
Army people came here. They broke my window.
They said: Come out, all militants who want to face us. We've come.
I said: I'm a worker. I showed my ID card. I'm a ***.
They said: This one is here now.
They shot him at point-blank range.
I was here, I closed my door. I looked at what was happening there.
After shooting the boy they said: Now die.
I tried to attend to the boy. They didn't let me.
Another group of them came and said: You get inside.
The boy crawled out with his buttocks on the ground.
He said: Help me. They've killed me. I saw the boy's intestines.
My little boy stood on a chair and said: Daddy, his intestines are outside.
The boy was lying down here.
I opened my door and said: Calm down, you will not die.
I was encouraging him: You will not die.
They'll carry you. There were only women.
A lady brought out a wrapper to hold the boy's intestines.
I stayed in hospital for three months. I didn't move.
For one month I couldn't go to the toilet.
After eight months they discharged me from the clinic.
I still can't even walk on my own two legs.
If I eat 'gari' I vomit blood.
I'm not a lazy person. I'm a hard-working person.
That is why I say, to be a man is easy for me.
I don't know whether it's easy for others, but it is easy for me.
You see that hole where the light enters?
There the bullet tore the fabric and entered my body.