“Will you two at least keep quiet and think of
how these recent
insurgence can be stopped. You are here
making noise.” Clement said
angrily.
“Sorry sir.” Ngozi apologised while Okoro
mumbled some incoherent
words to himself. This was why She hated him
with passion, his pride and
ego are always getting better of him.
Just then Clement’s phone rang.
“Excuse me please.” He said cutting Burahimo
who was about saying
something short.
The other four police officers couldn’t make
out what was being
discussed on the phone but they knew as
soon as he ends the call,
they’ll catch up with the gist.
“Take it.” Clement threw his car key to Okoro
who caught it mid-air
even though he was caught unawares. He
gave his colleague an askance
look.
“Your attention is urgently needed at the
headquaters. Get the car
and go there at once with Ngozi. Its likely you
get the finger print
results too.” Clement explained.
Clement explained to Okoro who stood up and
made to exit the room
much to Clement’s suprise. Okoro was known
for his inquisitiveness and
questioning ability. He won’t go on an errand
unless he ask certain
questions that has been answered to his
satisfaction.
He unlocked the car and hopped into the
driver seat while Ngozi sat
beside him. He drove out of the Area F
premises.
Five minutes into their journey, Ngozi has
busied herself by burying
her head into her phone doing only God knows
what. While Okoro was
shaking his head to an imaginary music. The
silence that ensued inside
the car is killing and Ngozi was forced to
break the silence when she
couldn’t bear it anymore.
“Am sorry about what happened the other
time.” She said
apologetically.
He smiled to himself, he just achieved his
goal. All his life he has
never said sorry to anyone. Not even his
disciplinarian of a father.
He’ll rather die being punished than say sorry.
Fifty yards away from the headquater’s main
building Okoro matched
the car brakes and it came to a halt.
“What’s this about?” Ngozi asked angrily as
she picked her up phone.
“You don’t see what am seeing.” Okoro
replied.
“Fill me in please.” Ngozi pleaded.
Okoro picked his binocular and looked
towards the police station
building, Six armed men walked into the
building with guns hung on their
shoulders.
“There is fire on the mountain.” Ngozi said as
she opened the door.
“Where to?” He asked.
“Those people inside are in danger. They need
our help, you know
they would be caught unawares.” Ngozi
replied.
Okoro shut the car door forcefully from her
grip and pressed the
central lock which got all the doors locked
firmly.
“What’s this all about?” Ngozi asked.
“You still have a pretty bright future. Don’t get
yourself
killed.” Okoro warned.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++
INSIDE THE POLICE STATION
“You guys stay here while I go in to get this
business transacted.”
One of the men who was dressed coporately in
a white t-shirt and a pair
of black jean trouser.
The man walked into the police station and
got the the counter post.
“Good morning. Please am here to see
Sergeant Habeed.” He said to
the constable he met on duty.
The constable picked the intercom and
punched in some numbers.
“You may go in.” The man walked into
Habeeb’s office, an office he
shared with other sergeants like himself.
Few seconds later, the constable at the
counter was hit on the head by
a bullet and he fell down. Every other
policemen in the premises at the
time of the gunshot all trooped out to attack
the unknown gunmen but
while a few got shot and died, few other were
injured and a considerable
amount weren’t hit.
The gentleman who asked after Habeeb took
the emergency exit and
landed behind the station fence where his
colleagues were waiting for
him. Together they all drove away rejoicing.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++
“They went this way.” Ngozi who saw the men
drive out of the police station said to Okoro
who ignited the car engine and drove towards
where Ngozi pointed.
Ngozi’s phone rang as the got to the main
road from the utarred road that linked the
police backyard to the main road.
“Hello sir.” Ngozi said to Burahimo.
“The headquater just got attacked. Report here
immediately if you are safe.” Burahimo said.
“We are currently on the trail of thos men as I
speak with you.”
“You and who?” Burahimo asked.
“Okoro.” Ngozi replied.
“With no backup? Get yourselves here in the
next ten minutes.” Burahimo ordered and the
line clicked dead.
“What’s next?” She asked Okoro who was half
listening to her conversation with her boss.
“We’ll get to the end of this one.” He said as
he stepped on the accelerator and the
terrorist’s van came into view from afar off.
–to be continued–
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