Fights of European Elephants

Ego’s beauty sweeps Morris off his feet like an angry ocean current. Not knowing that she does not love him, he marries her, ditching Thelma who had supported him through thick and thin. Morris and Ego are dyed-in-the-wool fans of different European football clubs. As their children grow, each of the parents woos them to their respective clubs, igniting unhealthy fire in their home. Morris’ business fails; he sells all his property except a land in Ogoni, few kilometres from Port Harcourt. Ego becomes the breadwinner but thinks that Morris is finished. She attempts killing Morris, it fails. She fearlessly takes her children away and also goes further to change their surnames to her maiden name. Kingsley, a student of University of Nigeria Nsuka, in a bid to excel in a rather demanding term paper cares for Morris till his death. Kingsley is the only reason for his living and so becomes his next-of-kin, inheriting his property. The Ogoni land is rich in oil but Morris did not know until he died. As Morris’ next of kin, Kingsley inherits the land with the oil field in it.