TARASHA
EPISODE 40A
‘Aisha Temitope Bello was a student of this
school truly’ the secretary began her well
prepared explanation to the officers. ‘She was
admitted in 2023 and she finished her national
diploma program in 2025, since then she has
not returned to collect her ND result nor take
the Higher national diploma form’
‘Is that all you have for us?’ James stared at
her awkwardly as he asked.
‘That’s all I think you may need’ the secretary
replied.
James tried his best not to let out a hiss, but
he was obviously pissed off by the lady as she
could only dig out such little information after
delaying their investigation for more than a
week. ‘Tell or show us all you’ve got, let us be
the ones to pick what we need’
‘Okay, no problem’ the secretary said and
looked into a paper. She cleared her throat
before she began to mention out points.
‘She was a student of the business
administration department, her matriculation
number was ND/23/FT/BA/35. She finished the
ND program with a distinction grade. She was
also involved in school politics and sports. She
contested for the post of the “Sports Director
2” and won, she ruled for one year with the
other sport director and they won several
trophies for the school during their tenure.
Aisha herself participated in the Ladies football
team and captained the team, they came out
second place in the Nigeria Polytechnics Cup
2024. She…’
‘It’s okay’ James stopped her after
communicating something with his eyes to
Sandra who was seated opposite him. ‘Did any
of her friends come back for HND?’
‘I don’t know any of her friends’ the secretary
replied bluntly.
‘Can’t you help us find out?’ James inquired.
‘I can but you have to come back some other
time’
‘What?? Come back again?’ James couldn’t
believe his ears, maybe it would take the lady a
month now to help them find who Aisha’s likely
friends were and if they returned for the HND
program .
‘Yes, there’s nothing I can do now’ the
secretary replied lazily.
‘Well, I think I know what’s happening here’
James spoke angrily. ‘You know this Aisha and
you’re only trying to cover up for her’
‘No o’ the naive secretary seemed terrified by
James’ prank.
‘Then why are you hiding her and taking so long
to give us information about her?’ James asked,
wondering how she quickly fell for his threat.
He had expected her to respond boldly back to
him, he decided to take advantage of the
situation.
‘Okay, I will find out and tell you when you
come back by tomorrow’
‘No, now!’ James barked. ‘Do something now’
‘Excuse me’ an elderly man who was the Head
of the business administration department
came out of his office. ‘You can’t be shouting
at here like that, what’s the matter?’
‘Tell your secretary to stop aiding criminals and
give us the information we need’ James
answered him.
‘Yes, what’s the matter?’ The Head of
department turned to his secretary.
‘Sir, they’ve come to gather information about
Aishat Bello, the assassination suspect who
was a student of this school seven years ago’
‘So?’
‘They want me to find out about her friends’
she added.
‘And she told us to come back again’ James
quickly put in. ‘We need to conclude our
investigation this week for God sake. We are
giving the suspect enough time to escape by
delaying the matter’
The man turned back to his secretary, he let
out a deep breath and shook his head sideways
before talking. ‘How are you planning to know
who her friends were?’
‘I don’t know yet’
‘You were not monitoring her, were you? What
you can do is to fish out all available
information about those with close matriculation
numbers to hers, they should know more about
her’
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**Kubwa, Abuja**
‘Welcome Boss’ Cole greeted as Tarasha
walked in.
‘Weldone’ she responded without taking a look
at him. She dragged the centre table with her
and sank into a sofa adjacent to Cole’s. She
emptied the contents of the bag on the table.
‘Any useful information now?’ She asked Cole
before getting up.
‘No, no other information’ he replied as he picked up the laptop from the sofa and placed it on his lap. 'But I've gathered enough information about his son'
'I'll be right back' Tarasha excused herself and walked away from the common room. She returned three minutes later in a blue sleeveless top and pair of comfortable jeans trouser with a black leather bag in her hands. She returned where she was previously seated and removed some of the tools from the bag.
'So, what option do we have?' she asked as she hit a small hammer on a computer gadget.
'Huh?' Cole couldn't hear as a result of the noise from Tarasha's work.
'What's our option?' Tarasha repeated. She began to pick out some chips from the destroyed gadget.
'His first son is the only way we can get close to him' Cole answered
'The man has been kinda surreptitious of recent'.
...to be continued
previously on Tarasha Season1 Episode39c
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