On a street nearby, Janet Ebi shelled periwinkles picked from the murky swamps close to the compound where Jonathan grew up.
Reuben Wilson's militant days of stalking Nigeria's swamps in search of oil pipelines to blow up are well behind him.
It is surrounded by mangrove swamps – home to the endangered blue crab – and white-sand beaches.
Nowhere else does the UN conduct offensive military operations.The attack will be tricky as the militia is camped in jungles and swamps, and is mixed in with civilians.
Its "Nollywood" film industry swamps neighbours with cheap but popular fare.
And many actions, such as draining swamps where mosquitoes breed, and many drugs, such as artemisinin, work against both.
Military bases and weapons factories rose from Florida's swamps at his command.
It is one of the swamps within which terrorism is being bred.
His hideout and those of other foreign fighters, whether in the mangrove swamps or the towns, is now at constant risk of missile strikes.
Many people infected with dengue suffer only mild symptoms and do not know they are carrying it.Malaria (passed on by a different sort of mosquito) strikes poor, rural folk living near forests or swamps.
These days, the serious armed resistance to Mr Hussein comes from the Shia Muslim guerrillas in Iraq's southern swamps.
