![Green and White Minimalist Nature Travel Vlog Youtube Thumbnail (4).png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/bruno-kema/241tnAKA5123RPSD2PN4AcHYzYMX9FTj8j9utesZ3S8AEp4BG5deFc6fPNfMRHQYCYf78.png) ***
![2dk2RRM2dZ8gKjXsrozapsD83FxL3Xbyyi5LFttAhrXxr16mCe4arfLHA37mQtCuynkak9C9VAyTtPNZC4azgNzmcbbNrwLm7sqQ7eKu7JLTDjfRw9MTUA8aMuf1z9Rv1TLh6pECyZxBbdTvXDaK16qUpUDuwjnCDA3iaAGqSv.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/bruno-kema/23uEz3qUu1cpWPYjmp2LnK1i4RcXoAhocX2Rzpq9uYyMScovNm77MZBozX7i1NM59BnSf.png) Call it whatever you wanna call it, but I’m beginning to suspect that the Agent of Darkness has come to this area and decided to set up shop. It didn’t just come to camp for a few days but came with all its bags and baggage, families, friends, and loved ones and they’ve all decided to take up residence in this small area that we the good people are managing. When you think about it, it’s a sad story, and it’s definitely not fair what we have to go through. If there was something that could easily be done, you know we would have done it a long time ago. But at this rate, I don’t think anything will be done. At most, not in the coming months. Hence, the presence of our new neighbors. ![2dk2RRM2dZ8gKjXsrozapsD83FxL3Xbyyi5LFttAhrXxr16mCe4arfLHA37mQtCuynkak9C9VAxm3nacdB7gLmLiZLuYVhHeNsRgxL6WKJoam3hs2B7ZLAp2jwaLFEwoAbLKzAfpv2DhtyvHbJunTbU58RMbxtkvefNK4qj8EA.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/bruno-kema/23uQkLUmr2XGp8UpLcdtKeQrWDNnK5jemLpyFynqgRKtzZaqtByEwcX3DoUEyB8Pwi9DN.png) What the hell am I talking about? You see, for over two months now, we’ve not had power in my area. This isn’t all over Nekede, just in the little slice of the Polytechnic paradise where I live. While others have been enjoying regular power supply, we’ve been stuck in darkness, day in and day out. And you wanna know why? Some hoodlums broke through the protection around the transformer and stole armor cables. Every single one of them. Anybody who knows anything about power systems and electricity, in general, will know for a fact that armor cables are expensive as hell! These are not things that a few families can easily contribute money to buy and life will go on. It was a major loss and ever since then, we’ve been plunged into darkness. For a while, it was all people in this area talked about because no one could understand how the hoodlums had managed to get their hands on the cables, to begin with. ![IMG_20230621_000531.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/bruno-kema/23t72xHTZ5ENEHy99RaeduPbvekogN7GZAMxXUF6DEpgbW7F8iWuUiSPFmWrM5itr2d9j.jpg) There are vigilantes that patrol the streets at night, it’s surprising that in the amount of time it took the thieves to steal all the cables, not one vigilante was in sight. However, they’re always quick to harass boys and girls who are coming home from late-night outings. It’s just crazy. Anyway, as I mentioned, this was over two months ago and since then, we’ve not had power again. We’ve moved on from the heartbreak and we’re coping. Many of us turn to our generators, fuel is expensive but it’s not like we have a choice, is it? ![2dk2RRM2dZ8gKjXsrozapsD83FxL3Xbyyi5LFttAhrXxr16mCe4arfLHA37mQtCuynkak9C9VAxm3nacdB7gLmLiZLuYVhHeNsRgxL6WKJoam3hs2B7ZLAp2jwaLFEwoAbLKzAfpv2DhtyvHbJunTbU58RMbxtkvefNK4qj8EA.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/bruno-kema/23uQkLUmr2XGp8UpLcdtKeQrWDNnK5jemLpyFynqgRKtzZaqtByEwcX3DoUEyB8Pwi9DN.png) Nobody knew when the cables would be replaced, and many of us were scared that it would be at least by next year before they’d even start making efforts to fix it. In the proper Nigerian style. But to our shock, at the beginning of this month, we heard that the landlords and caretakers association were working in coalition with the power holders to replace it. It required every house to bring a certain amount of money so they could replace the cable. It was a good deal, especially because I’m neither a landlord nor a caretaker, the financial implication didn’t fall on me. The main point was that they were fixing it, we were going to have power once again. But then, the devilish rain fell! Just a few days ago, one of the heaviest rains I’ve ever experienced fell and it came with lots of strong winds. It was so bad that it took down a fence and almost peeled off a roof from a lodge nearby. ![IMG_20240503_0821302.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/bruno-kema/23wfhuyBnKkgQ77e2ah2LYpumcwVBRQBN66XFddxwZ4AjoZfAK1WUWRoBHHECKAyxgNLn.jpg) However, the worst of all, it took down three electric poles! Yeah, you read that right! Three poles fell down that night. Those who heard it said that it was one of the most thunderous sounds they’ve heard in their lives, and this is saying a lot considering how it was during a heavy rainstorm. The only good thing that came of it was that nobody got hurt. Also, the poles fell into puddles of water, and the cables the poles carried also fell into the water. But then, there was no danger of electrocution or short-circuiting because we didn’t have any power. Sadly though, that was the only good thing about it. This tragedy has set us back more than a couple of months and as it stands, I don’t even know when next we’ll be seeing power. ![2dk2RRM2dZ8gKjXsrozapsD83FxL3Xbyyi5LFttAhrXxr16mCe4arfLHA37mQtCuynkak9C9VAxm3nacdB7gLmLiZLuYVhHeNsRgxL6WKJoam3hs2B7ZLAp2jwaLFEwoAbLKzAfpv2DhtyvHbJunTbU58RMbxtkvefNK4qj8EA.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/bruno-kema/23uQkLUmr2XGp8UpLcdtKeQrWDNnK5jemLpyFynqgRKtzZaqtByEwcX3DoUEyB8Pwi9DN.png) So now, you understand my reference to the Agent of Darkness, don’t you? It’s looking like it has come to stay. However, I feel that the landlords here won’t allow it to last until next year because by January, the new wave of tenants will flood in and no one will rent a house in an area where there is no light. For this, they would surely do what they can to speed up the process. Anyway, we’re still in the dark. Managing our generators and providing our own light. No one knows when things will brighten up again, I don’t care really. I just want to finish my schooling and be done with it all. But still, I’m pretty hopeful. These guys might end up surprising us! I’ll keep my fingers crossed. ![IMG_20240502_1545232.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/bruno-kema/23tvAeZnSELrgqwMQtsq1t1JzGBW9U95uPgRE13jjBEzu68G6hXmFVFUNQLTfW163pg4a.jpg) ***
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