TARASHA
# EPISODE28B
day we met and when we discussed in the
class’
‘Do you know this girl you’re talking about? Do
you know her name?’
‘No, but I can recognize her if we see. Gloria
never mentioned her name ‘
‘Okay’ Dakolo paused for a while and then
continued, ‘did you ever suspect anything when
you were around her?’
‘Just on two occasions’ Jude said after thinking
for a minute. ‘On the first day we met in her
class, she was supposed to be on the practical
ground with other year one students’
‘And which day was the second?’ Dakolo asked
impatiently.
‘Two days ago’ he said thoughtfully. ‘She asked
me to explain a particular topic to her’
‘What happened?’
‘I really don’t know’ Jude looked puzzled, ‘I
don’t know how I got to my hostel that day, I
woke up feeling an headache the next morning’
‘What else did you notice that was strange?’
‘The other thing I noticed was my …’ His
volume reduced, his eyes widened. ‘My ID card’
‘What happened to your ID card?’ Dakolo pushed
on with great interest.
‘I hung it on my neck that day but later found it
in my bag’ Jude said.
‘Maybe you kept it there yourself, you said you
don’t remember how you got home that day’
‘I could have kept it in my bag without knowing,
but…’ He gave another long pause. ‘It was in a
position I never keep things; that means
someone took it off my neck and kept it in the
bag for me’
‘Why…’ Officer Dakolo’s phone rang, interrupting
their conversation. ‘Yes… What?’
Dakolo ended the call after receiving what
seemed to be a urgent message, he looked at
Jude to ask a final question. He brought out a
broken card from his pocket and showed it to
Jude, ‘ who owns this ID card’ he asked.
‘Samatha Osman’ Jude muttered under his
breath, he squinted as he tried to read the
other details. ‘I don’t know, I never came
across anyone with that name’
‘Okay’ Dakolo turned in a hurry, he signaled to
an officer to take care of Jude and for another
to follow him out.
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*Lagos Nigeria, 1pm*
Officers James and Segun stood behind a
computer operator, looking into something the
man was showing them on the screen. James
had one of his hands placed on the table as he
bent to have a clear view of the screen. The
screen displayed several thin lines of different
colours which all met at the same point.
‘The person who installed the bug is a
professional, it keeps directing me to a proxy
and port in Russia’ the computer operator said.
‘Can you find out who operates from the port?’
James questioned
The operator gave a short smile. ‘The position
here has been located already’ he said, referring
to the point where all the lines met.
‘Yes, where exactly in Russia is it?’ James
interest rose
‘Grand kremlin Palace, Moscow’ the operator
said bluntly.
‘Huh?’ James eyes widened in shock, he stood
up straight and glanced at Segun who also
looked surprised. ‘Are you sure of what you’re
saying?’
‘Is that not where the Russian president stays?’
Segun interjected.
‘Yes, that’s the official house for the president’
the operator replied, he turned back to stare at
his superiors’ faces. ‘I was surprised when I
saw it first, but then I realized that someone is
just fooling with us’
James looked defeated as he stepped back and
sank into a plastic chair. He heaved a sigh of
frustration, ‘Is there no hope of finding the real
location?’
‘I don’t know yet, the criminal must have used a
powerful software to adjust the server location’
‘So what do we do now?’ Segun joined in.
‘Good afternoon officers’ Sandra interrupted
their discourse, walking into the room with a
serious look. ‘Have you listened to the news
this afternoon?’
Her question got a reply of awkward stares
from the trio. ‘The Rivers State Governor has
been kidnapped’ she announced after looking at
each of their faces one after the other.
‘What?’
‘Yes, he was kidnapped this morning by an
unidentified girl’ she continued, feeling fulfilled
as she was the first to break the news to them.
‘A girl?’
‘But he was supposed to launch an airplane today's Segun countered.
'He was kidnapped in the plane' she added quickly, 'the kidnapper disguised as one of the pilots'
'Interesting, I never thought such a thing could happen in Rivers State with the level of security that it has now attained with new IG and Inspector Dakolo' James commented, 'well, we have also a serious task before us, let's pray for the Governor and hope he's safe'
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1.45pm
**Onne, Rivers State**
Cole drove through the pathway surrounded by bushes, following the direction given to them by the map. He had on several times stopped to ask for directions from people but had been misdirected twice due to his wrong pronunciation of the address. A community came into view as he got to a junction, he could see several houses and people walking by. He saw a group of people rushing towards a specific direction, most of them were in haste as if they got a glimpse of something spectacular.
tbc....
previously on Tarasha Season1 Episode28a
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