TARASHA
# EPISODE28A
Chief Gab stood up from his office seat to take
off his suit, he hung it behind the seat and
loose his tie as he sat back into the swivel. He
heaved a sigh of relief as he rested his back
and hands on the support, the rotating chair,
turning him from side to side. He had gotten so
much good news that day. At first it was
Tarasha who called him very early in the
morning to inform him that the job would be
finally executed that day, then just some
minutes after Chief Nonso also called to tell
him that one of their illegal business deals had
yielded millions of naira.
His phone rang for the third time that day,
disrupting his thoughts, the caller was his friend
Nonso. Gab wondered what the reason was for
the call, they had just discussed some few
minutes ago and he didn’t expect Chief Nonso
to call him again so soon.
‘Hello’ came Chief Nonso’s impatiently, with a
hoarse voice
‘Hello Chief’ Gab replied.
‘Where are you now?’ Chief Nonso asked a silly
question.
‘We spoke some minutes ago’ Gab reminded
him, ‘I’m in my office’
‘Switch on your TV now’ Nonso said with a note
of urgency. ‘There’s something you need to see
on AIT’
‘Ehen’ Gab got up from the seat immediately.
He headed for the section of his office where
he received visitors, still placing the phone on
his ear. ‘What’s there?’ He asked Nonso.
‘Have you switched on the TV?’
‘Yes’ Gab sat on the sofa, dropping the remote
control beside him.
‘See for yourself, I’ll call you later’ Nonso said
and the line went off.
“… the identity of the imposter is unknown yet
but the police are after her and would surely
get her soon” A reporter was saying. An
airplane was shown and some bodies were
being carried out from it into special
ambulances. A young pilot was also shown
being escorted away by some police officers.
“The Governor and the suspect is yet to be
found, it is greatly feared that this is a case of
kidnap but the police and other security officials
are working hard and they promise to find the
Governor and bring him back safely before the
end of the day. I’m Nwanko Vivian reporting
from Rivers State, AIT news” the reporter
concluded. A newscaster heaved a sigh and
continued with the other news headlines.
Chief Gab gave an evil simile as he picked up
his phone and swiped in the pattern. He opened
his notification bar and saw several messages
from different news apps. They all carried the
same breaking news of the governor’s kidnap.
He opened the Punch newspaper app and read
the article in details.
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* Aviation School, Port Harcourt. 12.30pm *
Inspector Dakolo sat on a stool facing the
distressed Jude who was made to sit on a more
comfortable chair with a back and armrest.
They were in the schools security room with
two other officers and some of the school’s
security men clad in their yellow and black
uniform. Jude was still in his pilot’s uniform but
he was unrecognizable in it, he looked like
someone who was the only survivor in a
nationwide war.
Dakolo was already looking stressed out
himself, his neatly tucked in shirt had flown out
and the waistcoat was unbuttoned too. Apart
from the disfigured ID card he had found in the
plane, he found no other useful lead.
‘You have to tell us everything you know about
this’ Dakolo warned, ‘you could be in serious
trouble and charged to court for being an
accomplice in the crime’
‘Where’s my sister?’ Jude asked, ignoring
Dakolo’s threat.
‘I told you before’ Dakolo slammed, ‘your sister
is fine, she’s safe with the police’
‘Where’s she?’ Jude pushed further,
unintimidated by Dakolo. He said amidst tears,
‘If she’s dead, then I’ve lost everything already’
Dakolo got up from the stool, making a phone
call, he realized that Jude wasn’t going to say
anything until he was sure his sister was safe.
‘Hello officer, where’s she?’ Dakolo spoke into
the phone. He took a look at Jude after some
seconds of silence ‘please give her the phone,
her brother wants to speak with her’
Jude collected the phone hurridely, his hands shaking as he placed it on his ears. Tears flowed down his eyes as he heard his sisters voice, 'are you okay? ' He asked and waited for a reply and heard a soft voice reply 'Yes's before he continued 'I promise I'm never going to let anything bad happen to you again'
Jude spoke with his sister for few more seconds before he handed back the phone.
'Would you speak now? ' Dakolo said, taking back his position on the stool.
'I never knew her until few days ago ' Jude began, 'we meet very early in the morning during the exercise hours and she introduced herself as a fresher'
Dakolo listened with rapt attention as Jude relayed to him how he met Gloria. 'Did you even try to confirm if she's one of the hundred level students? '
'No, I had no reason to doubt her. She was always putting on an ID card's Jude answered
'Did you ever see her with any other student? '
'Yes' Jude replied, stressing the word as he tried to remember.
tbc...
previously on Tarasha Season1 Episode27b
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