I had an interesting, but brief, conversation with two men today about the war in the Delta region of Nigeria. It started when I asked one of them about the design on the t-shirt he was wearing. Even after I read it, I had to ask for an interpretation. Some of us, I’m afraid, are not as up-to-date on world politics as others are. These men are helicopter pilots who are on their way to Nigeria to fly supplies for oil companies.
According to these pilots, the southern part of the country has the oil fields, and the workers; whereas, the northern part has the power. He said it is the Christian people in the south who are tired of being victimized by the Muslims in the North who run the government. They take the profits from oil and do not use it for infrastructure projects.
I can’t imagine that it is a real safe place to be flying in helicopters when there are rebel groups trying to sabotage the oil production.
