TARASHA
# EPISODE29A
after leaving the group of officers studying the
dead bodies to approach the King.
‘Officer!’ the king barked like an angry dog.
‘What is this I’m hearing? The Governor was
found dead in this river?’
‘Calm down your highness’ Dakolo eyes was full
of grief as he talked. ‘It is a very sad
occurrence your Majesty, very sad’
‘Oh!’ the King wailed, ‘how can this happen to
us?’
Dakolo led the King to the ambulance where
the Governor’s body was kept. At this time
more security officials were already arriving to
escort the body back to town.
‘Eh Oh!’ the King broke down again, he closed
his eyes in horror as he saw the Governor’s
body laying lifeless.
Dakolo closed back the door to the vehicle,
‘We’ll be leaving now, we have to report to the
headquarters as soon as possible’
‘Yes, I know o’ the King replied, him and his
entourage looked bereaved. ‘May God be with
you officer’
‘Amen, thank you your highness’ Dakolo
answered as he took a turn to the right side of
the vehicle to take a seat in front.
The Police vehicles and ambulances drove
away from the scene not too long after, leaving
the villager’s behind in a pile of dust. Several
thoughts ran through Dakolo’s mind as they
drove back to Port Harcourt, he didn’t like the
way the criminal was found dead, he wished to
have caught her alive. He felt greatly
enervated.
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Cole and Aisha hid under another tree with the
villagers and watched as the police vehicles
and ambulances sped past hurriedly. They
waited till the cars were out of sight before
they came of their hiding place and hurried to
the point that their car was parked, several of
the villagers followed them heading for their
various places of abode while some stayed
back and still continued to gossip about the
incident.
Cole looked like he had just lost something very
important as he walked tiredly to the car, the
information they had gotten suggests that
Tarasha was dead but he still hoped and
believed that she could be alive. Aisha was
more concerned about leaving there safely, she
knew from when Tarasha had announced their
mission that it was only a suicide attempt, she
secretly thank God that only Tarasha was gone.
The two with their worries did not notice a
woman dressed in a village attire following them
until they got to the car, they thought the lady
would walk past after they stopped at the car
so they didn’t pay any heed to her when they
finally noticed. Aisha opened the door to the
right front seat and entered in a hurry. Cole was
about to open the door and enter when he
noticed that the village lady was also trying to
open the back door.
Fear surged through his body as his eyes met
with hers, shrills were sent down his spine. He
was too shocked and couldn’t open the door
anymore.
‘Stop staring at me and open the door’ Tarasha
slammed
‘Sorry Boss’ Cole said and quickly opened his
door first. He released the lock to the
backdoor.
Aisha was startled on hearing that voice; she
quickly jumped out of the car and stared at her
Boss in awe. Tarasha entered into the backseat
without giving both of them another look, Cole
and Aisha stared at each other in shock for
some seconds before they could recover and
enter back into the car.
Cole drove off immediately without saying a
word, he and Aisha occasionally glanced at
Tarasha fearfully through the front mirror. He
was full of mixed feelings, he felt happy and at
the same time also scared and shocked. Aisha
on the other hand was feeling greatly terrified,
she already thought that the end had come for
their pompous Boss.
‘Take another route’ Tarasha said calmly,
breaking the awkward silence. ‘The police just
went that way and it’s not safe for us to pass
there at the same time’
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**8.30pm**
Dakolo drove home quietly in his CRV jeep,
meditating on all that happened that day. In just
one day, he dealt with three linked cases. The
first was a case of attempted murder, the
suspect had escaped after being pursued into an hotel. His investigation had led him to the airport only for him to meet a case of impersonation; someone had disguised as Lovina and boarded the plane in Lovina's stead. The third case was one of kidnap which later turned into assassination.
He had thought that the assassin had died with the Governor when the two bodies were found in the river, only for him to get back to town and find out that the dead lady was one of the flight attendants. That means the imposter who carried out the assassination escaped, only God knew how she did it.
Since he came into the state in the year 2029, the rate of crime had drastically reduced, even petty robbery and pickpocketing had been curbed, so the murder of the Governor came as a big blow to him and to the other top security officers in the state. He blared the car horn impatiently as he got to the gate, the gateman responded accordingly and he was allowed entrance in few seconds.
to be continued....
previously on Tarasha Season1 Episode28d
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