Episode 25
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Benny sauntered into the kitchen after waiting
patiently for over thirty minutes Tarasha left. He
wondered what Aisha was cooking that was
taking so long to be ready. He was amazed
when he entered the kitchen and found her
doing nothing, he looked over to the cookers to
see if anything was being prepared but there
was nothing on the cookers and electric stove.
He wanted to slam on Aisha but was repelled
by the worried look on her face. He needed not
to ask what was wrong with her, Cole had been
in the same sober mood since Tarasha left. He
had worries too but his desire for food was
stronger that moment. He pitied Aisha more;
she was definitely going to get killed by the
men outside, Tarasha had warned that she
shouldn't be assisted in any way.
'I'll prepare something now, it should be done in
the next twenty minutes' Aisha finally said
something to calm his nerves. She walked
towards the refrigerator and brought out some
containers of frozen food.
'How are you going to do it?' He asked with a
tone of concern.
She shrugged, 'I'll call Don and plead with him
to withdraw his boys'
'But the boss wants you to drop them' Benny
said. He wondered in his heart why she hadn't
break up the relationship with Don. He had
known since the day Don had released her; one
of his favorite sex machines to work with
Tarasha, Don had other plans.
'How can I drop those guys?' She looked Benny
in the face in a confused manner. 'They are
trained guys, I'm just an ordinary cook who
knows how to use guns'
'You're not an ordinary cook, we've received a
lot of tutoring in few days that we worked with
Tarasha' Benny tried to encourage, 'if you could
handle the pilot's sister very well, I think you
can do this also'
'Maybe she doesn't have to worry about it
anymore' Cole's voice cut in, he walked into the
kitchen to meet their stares. 'The guys left
already'
'Huh?'
'Yea' Cole continued, 'I'm suspecting that they
followed after the Boss'
'Does the Boss know about that?' Benny looked
alarmed.
'I believe she does' Cole replied indifferently, 'I
tried to call her but she didn't answer the call'
'That might be dangerous, what if she doesn't
know' Benny continued frightfully.
'I'm sure she knows and she won't let them go
scot free' Cole said with a note of confidence.
'Aisha is lucky'
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After driving for almost an hour without being
able to get rid of her trailers, Tarasha began to
think of an alternative way. She could have
finished them off if not for the broad daylight.
The option left was to escape their trail or
make them lose sight of her.
She knew that they were aware that she had
also seen them, so she drove on carefully,
always trying to take note if any other person or
group had joined them.
At last she got the chance required, they got to
a busy roundabout and the traffic light ordered
for them to halt but Tarasha defiled the order.
She crazily sped off, swerving to escape being
hit by a coming trailer. The blue car driver
followed after foolishly but couldn't avoid
colliding with the trailer and causing a
catastrophe.
The trailer's driver who had already gotten
confused by the way Tarasha drive recklessly
tried to bring it to a quick halt to avoid an
accident but the blue car that followed the mini
van tan impatiently under the trailer. The car
and its occupants were crushed under the big
vehicle.
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Tarasha got to her residence five hours later. It
took her so long because she couldn't drive
back straight; she was sure that the police
were tracing her van with the security cameras,
so she had to go and pass through an
undeveloped community where the cameras
were not functioning and change the van.
Even the new van could not be traced to her
residence because all cameras several
kilometres to her place had been deactivated
by her.
Her gate opened automatically when the van
got in front. A thought struck her mind as she
parked the van, she needed another place for
Cole, Benny and Aisha to stay.
Maybe it wasn't Aisha's fault after all, she
thought. She recalled that she didn't kill the
first two guys that were brought by Chief Gab
to work with her. They obviously still knew the
place, so the place was never hidden before.
Trailing her also proved the fact that the spies
came for her and were not really interested in
what was happening in the house.
'They have to move from there' she said to
herself as she got out of the car
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30/12/2015
**11am
Several police Hyundai sonata vehicles drove
out of the Muritala Mohammed airport escorting
the newly arrived Robin Kahn and his two team
members. Robin Khan sat in the black jeep with
the Inspector General while his two men were
seated with the commissioner of police in the
other car following behind the jeep.
Inspector James and his team were also in one
of the Hyundai Sonatas. Inspector James had
shook hands with the man, welcoming him to
Nigeria. The man looked strict and disciplined
to James, he hoped in his mind that the man
would be an easy person to work with.
Benny was also at airport, he came to book a
flight. Of course, he was traveling to no where;
he had only come to checkout his target but he
was only able to catch a glimpse of the man.
That was enough though, the view he got sent
shivers down his spine. The man was a tall man
of about 6ft, heavily built and muscular.
Benny quietly made his way to return to the
office, thinking of two options in his heart;
either to run away from Lagos to a far village
where Tarasha and no one else would be able
to locate him or come up with a game plan that
help him fulfill his task. If he wanted to go by
the latter, then he had to come up with
something very intelligent.
He thought of Aisha's luck as he drove in the
old model Mercedes Benz. Tarasha had helped
her settle the problem she caused with her
hands and said she no longer had a task to
worry about except if another set of spies
return.
His phone rang out loud at he drove back to the
house, he checked the screen and found out
that it was his boss calling. He quickly looked
for a space and parked to call her back.
'Boss' he said as his call was answered.
'Where are you Benny?'Tarasha's voice came
through.
'Ikeja'
"Okay, drive straight to Relix Guesthouse , Plot
343 Adefile Street Lagos' she said in a rush.
'Eh?' He couldn't make out what she said.
'Relix guesthouse, Plot 343 Adefile street, Lekki'
Cole's voice sounded, correcting Tarasha's
wrong pronunciation of the Nigerian words. 'Call
my number when you're almost there'
'Okay' the call ended. Benny started the car
engine at once and drove off.
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**12pm**
Robin Kahn was a man who wasted no time, he
settled immediately into the office provided for
him in the Police headquarters and already
began to ask for reports on the cases. His team
members were also given different offices at
his left and right sides, they could see and
easily get in touch with each other very well as
only transparent glass walls demarcated their
office rooms.
James secretly gave the man a searching look
as his report was been scrutinized. He wasn't
expecting that the progress report would be
called for so soon as the IG had told him earlier
that nothing much would be done that week
since what was left was a day to the end of the
year.
Robin had declined the IG's offer to take him to
a place of relaxation for the day, so that he
could be well rested before the new year when
the investigations would start properly.
'The new year celebration may hinder our work,
let's begin properly immediately every
celebration is over' the IG had hinted.
Robin was a focused man and would have none
of that, he refused the advice and decided to
start work immediately. The IG did not push
further, not wanting to be seen as a lazy bone,
he agreed that the work should begin
immediately.
'Where's the Doctor that met with the
Samantha ?' Robin raised his hardened face as
he looked at James for answers.
'He's in his residence under close watch by the
EFCC, he has a case with them' James
answered.
'The EFCC, that is Economic Financial…'
'Economic financial crimes commission' James
completed it for him.
'Okay' the man said as he returned his focus
back to the computer. There was silence for
another one minute. 'Where's the video
recording device you found in the pharmacy?'
'It's with the computer team' James replied, he
wondered if the Man would ever stop asking
questions which answers have been provided
already in the report.
'I need see it now' He demanded
'I can get it now' James replied him, getting up
from his seat.
'Wait!' Robin stopped him, raising his hand. He
punched some buttons on his wristwatch and
spoke into it, staring through the transparent
goes wall at his junior in the office by his left.
James could not make out what the man said
but he looked towards the direction the man
was looking and saw the junior agent get up
from his seat, looking at their direction as he
walked out of the office.
The junior agent, a black american, Greg by
name joined them in the office in few seconds.
He greeted James with a nod and focused his
gaze at his boss, waiting for order.
'Follow this inspector' the order came, 'get r
bug from him and find out where it directs to'
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'Over here' Cole waved his hand at Benny who
was approaching in the Benz. He stood at the
front of a black gate of a big duplex. Cole
entered the compound and opened the gate for
Benny to drive in.
Benny came out of the car immediately after
parking and approached Cole, he had lot of
questions in his heart.
'We're staying here for a while' Cole said before
Benny could speak.
'What happened to…'
'Don't worry man, it's not time for questions'
Cole cut in, tapping Benny on the shoulder. 'We
have lot of work to do together now'
'Like?' Benny followed slowly behind Cole into
the duplex.
'I spotted you at the airport today' Cole said.
'How?'
'I was monitoring the officer in charge of the
health minister's case'
'How does that concern the airport?'
'The same officer is going to work with Robin'
Cole answered, he paused and turned to face
Benny. 'Our targets are working together, we
can also work together to fight them'
Benny stared at Cole for a little while,
considering his suggestion. He used an
handkerchief to clean his face. Cole was still
waiting for his response.
'What's the plan?' Benny asked.
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Jubril Lawal, well known man in the country for
his great fight against terrorism and crime
during 2016 – 2020 when he served as the
inspector general of the nation under the
government of Retired General Mubarak Baruwa
was njow a retired man enjoying his rest in the
country's capital, Abuja.
He did lots of charity works in the country
which made him earn the respect of everyone
in the country and even country leaders in and
outside of Africa. His fight against corruption
during his tenure also helped in giving him a
good image, he was on the good book of
everyone in the country except for Chief Gab.
'How long will it take you to take him down for
me?' Chief Gab asked Tarasha who was having
a live video chat with him.
'I don't know who the man is yet, I can't say for
now' Tarasha replied him, she was print on a
black mask to hide her face from the Chief.
'Well, I hope to meet you in person before you
commence this job' Chief Gab requested.
'Why do you want to meet me?' Tarasha
inquired.
'Is there anything wrong with meeting you?' The
man asked with a frustrated tone. 'How can I
not know who is working for me, are you
planning to kill me one day?'
Tarasha have a hysterical laugh, 'so you're
scared of death?' She asked mockingly. He
remained quiet. 'I don't just kill people Chief, I
kill people only when I'm sent or its necessary
that I do'
'Then let's meet, or are you scared?'
Tarasha laughed out again, 'you're the one that
should be scared Chief, seeing my face would
only expose you to more danger'
'What danger?'
'Okay Chief, time up!' Tarasha said, reaching for
the mouse with her hand. 'I don't do chit
chatting'
'I…' The video chat was ended before the Chief
could say another word. She removed the mask
from her face and placed in on the table.
'Jubril Lawal' she typed into her search engine.