... at the Elegushi beach in Lagos, when the tide rises from 5pm onwards the waves run amok...


They rise soo high and crash onto the shore soo hard that the sound that emanates is akin to a million lions growling... then the surf races over the fine sand until it licks the legs of the chairs that sit under the gazebos several metres away.


One of the waiters at the beach bars told me that since the reclaiming of the ocean for land and the construction of Eko Atlantic City the Atlantic ocean has protested in form of herculean waves which in themselves have snatched people off the shore itself.


He said that in the last couple of months over thirty people have met their death while walking along the beach.

A case for example is that of two girls who were standing metres away taking selfies in front of the kids spin wheel. The waves rushed up to them and snatched them away. They were dead when the horse riders and bar men who could swim got them out of the raging ocean.
Their parents closed the beach and insisted that there be life guards, look out posts, tide and wave markers before it opens again.
The beach has reopened and all that was requested have been put in place.

Yet the ocean rages on and all along the coastline, lives are lost and properties are destroyed because we still haven't learnt that for every unnatural action there is a costly reaction.

If we must develop we must do so diligently and mindfully, fully taking into account the effect it will have on the ecosystem and the environment and putting measures to ameliorate those dastardly effects.

We must not throw caution to the wind and take leave of both common sense and expert advise in our bid to satisfy the unsatiable greed of the rich and mighty.

Nature cannot be mocked.

It will visit its anger on us all, irrespective of our status or our guilt.

Can you please upload a video of this?

When our leaders worship mamon, caution is thrown out of the window and anything goes.

okonja:
Can you please upload a video of this?

All I need is a pix

What do you need it for?

rheether:



All I need is a pix