TARASHA
EPISODE 15
Aisha’s mind was filled with questions as she
listened, she waited for Tarasha to stop before
she voiced out her concern. ‘I’ve been briefed
already about the job but I don’t understand our
main mission there, are we taking the job as
real police officers?’
‘No, we’ll take care of the police officers
assigned to the minister first. Your job there
would end immediately we get to Chief
Nnamdi’s house and you’ll return here
immediately’
‘So what’s the real…’ She stopped abruptly, the
look on Tarasha’s face warned her against
asking any more question.
‘They’re in the pharmacy now’ Cole spoke aloud,
diverting their attention to him. ‘The car is no
more in motion’
‘Okay, just call me once the meeting starts’
Tarasha got up from her seat and walked out of
the room.
Aisha stared at Benny’s face inquisitively for a
moment, she hissed and walked away when he
stared back at her, pretending not to understand
what she wanted.
Benny laughed loudly, watching her backside
bounce as she went away, he patted Cole on
the back and took a seat beside him.
‘This girl doesn’t know we’re working with
someone different now’ he made jest of her.
‘She was expecting me to tell her something the
Boss has hidden from her’
‘Don’t mind her’ Cole added. ‘We already gave
her the rules here, she’ll have herself to blame
if she messes up’
‘She won’t mess up, she’s not a kid’ Benny
assured.
** Two hours later **
‘Have they discussed anything useful to us yet?’
Tarasha walked into the room, fixing her gaze
on the screen, the Derl Pharmacy meeting
transmission was on.
‘Not really’ Cole answered, ‘but I still think you
need to hear what they’re up to’
‘Okay’ Tarasha took a seat beside Benny and
listened carefully.
‘… all of these monies would be paid into your
account directly and you have to transfer our
own share to us within seventy two hours later’
Dr Umaru was seen explaining. Six men, neatly
dressed in suits were seated at the edge of the
long conference table, the minister of health
was seated at the middle of the table.
‘That’s no problem’ Nnamdi Okafor replied.
‘What I’m saying is we should calculate the
money now, so that there’ll be no arguments
when the money is shared’
‘The total is about one billion naira’ Dr Umaru
began breaking down the figures. ‘In organizing
the conference, we used only a hundred million
out of the three hundred million the Federal
Government gave us for it’
‘That’s just two hundred million, where did we
get the rest from?’ The inquisitive Lagos state
commissioner put in.
Dr Umaru cleared his throat and continued, ‘we
were given five hundred million for Lee Cho’s
products but we are only paying one hundred
and fifty million for it. We’re only buying half of
the required quantity and Lee Cho is giving us
at a subsidized rate. Ken Benson is also giving
us his drugs at a subsidized rate, we’re getting
four hundred million from his own deal’
‘That makes it nine hundred and fifty million
naira’ Nnamdi put in, he stared at Dr. Umaru
suspiciously. ‘I was expecting much more than
this’
‘That’s all, this administration is so tightfisted’
Umaru added again. ‘Not everything we
requested for was given to us’
‘It’s okay, let’s determine everyone’s share right
now…’ Chief Nnamdi was saying
‘Wow!’ Tarasha distracted the other viewers,
thinking aloud. She turned to Benny and asked,
‘is this not the same minister that everyone
speaks of as incorrupt?’
‘He is’ Benny answered softly, looking baffled.
‘I’m as surprised as you seeing that he also
involves himself in dubious deals’
‘Our country is really messed up, even the most
trusted ones are corrupt too’ Cole joined.
‘Well, I think your country people would love to
see this video later. Make sure you keep a copy’
She instructed, standing up from her seat. ‘And
also take note of any other information that may
be useful for us’
Tarasha who was already bored walked away,
leaving the Cole and Benny to watch the rest of
the shocking revelation.
…to be continued
Previously on Tarasha Season1 Episode14b
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