A displaced member of the mile 5 community going through the wreckage of what used to be home and business to her.

If you have lived in Asaba for a period of 6 years or more, you may have had occasion to visit the popular Mile 5 relaxation resort. Mile 5 in located at Anwai Village, which is barely 3 kilometers from Asaba, the capital city of Delta State.

Sometime in the year 2013, i had visitors from outside the State who wanted to visit a natural tourist attraction on a weekend. I felt like surprising them with a visit to a place, not so glamorous but heavily stocked with assorted types of well prepared African recipes and of course the tradition product of the palm tree that has featured in books like “Things Fall Apart” by the late Prof. Chinua Achebe. Yes am talking of the Palm Wine that made mile 5 popular for decades spanning a said period of many generations past.

As we entered the village, instead of seeing the many mud relaxation bush bars that used to line up the road, what we saw was utter destruction of both the commercial structures and residential buildings that once represented a peaceful, quiet and most resourceful community.

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