Chapter 59b

Chapter 59b

Meanwhile, Shagi, Januri and Azu were locked up in the same smelly cell. After shouting for so long, demanding to talk to his lawyer, Shagy sits down with his friends...)

SHAGY : I have to let that Andrew guy know what's going on.
AZU : you trust him?
SHAGY : he dares not fuck nau...
AZU : hmm...I hope so. If not, we're doomed, because, me, I don't have money to get out of here....(Looks at Janu who seems to have been quiet since they got there)...hey, Januri, you have not been saying anything...
JANU : I can't believe this is happening to me again.
AZU : again abi...
SHAGI : you know you're very foolish Januri.
JANU : what?
SHAGI : when you knew that those people were bringing policemen, why didn't you tell us so we could escape? Instead you decided to cooperate with them against us thinking they will let you go, abi?
JANU : what! I didn't know they were bringing the police. They only told me they will give me fifty million if I help escape the girl that's all.
SHAGI : (surprised)...fifty million? And you believed that?
JANU : that guy is fucking rich mehn.
AZU : how do you know?
JANU : because he was the one that got me a lawyer the other time I was in jail. He even got me a visa and a ticket to US.
AZU : (starts laughing)...shut up. Lair!
JANU : I'm serious!
AZU : then why you no go?
JANU : because I wanted to stay here. I thought I will locate Sarku and Timo to get the evidence we have against Andy Silva, so we can use it to blackmail him. But they seem to have disappeared into thin air.
AZU : you are a big fool! A very big one! So you got US visa free of charge, yet you didn't go? Haa, I swear, curse don dey follow you since your mama born you...but wait, which of them exactly?
JANU : I really don't know. The one that said he's from FBI is the one that organized the lawyer for me...but he said he has a Boss....and then, he said we kidnapped his Boss' wife...
AZU : then that should be the one that later came with the police...
JANU : possibly...
AZU : mehn they are all small boys, I wonder where they get so much money to throw around...
SHAGI : don't you know that most of these small rich boys are either into drugs or blood money...
AZU : you can't say o. Some of them are from very rich family.
JANU : or may be his father is a politician, because the guy get very long leg o. The way he got me the visa without my knowledge or appearance sef na miracle...
SHAGI : look, you better let's think of how to get out of here...the guy say make we no give am away o. That way, him go fit arrange our come out.
AZU : are you sure?
JANU : don't trust such people o...I'd rather cooperate with this other people again, because I know they can get me out of here, than that guy you're talking about.
SHAGI : hey, come, no go fuck up o.
AZU : Shagi wetin make we do?
SHAGI : he said we should say it’s that girl nau.
AZU : hmm mm...
SHAGI : yes. Even if they don't allow me talk to him first, once he tries to call me and I don't pick, he will go to the warehouse. I'm sure someone will tell him there that we have been arrested.
JANU : so you think he will get you a lawyer or what?
SHAGI : he will nau, if not he knows he's going down with us.
JANU : I hear you.
SHAGI : I'm sure of it.




After Kurt left, the DPO decided to interrogate the culprits. He brings in Shagi...)

DPO : what are your names?
SHAGY : Shagy Shagalisco Apolonu.
DPO : huh! Shagy what what?....what kind of name is that? Will you tell me your real names or do you think we're here to play?
SHAGY : those are my names...
DPO : weird name.....any way who are you working for?
SHAGY : haha...who else...that's the girl that sent us.
DPO : is that her name?
SHAGY : haha...I don't know her name...no be say our clients dey fill forms nau...
DPO : so you don't know your employer’s name....okay....who owns the property where we found you?
SHAGY : I don't know...we just used it.
DPO : look…young man, the lady you kidnapped is a lawyer, do you know? Her fiancé is a very powerful man too and they want to get to the bottom of this. So it’s better you cooperate with us.
SHAGY : I've said everything I know.
DPO : you've said everything?
SHAGY : yes.
DPO : what of the exchange you were supposed to do?
SHAGY : exchange...
DPO : or were you not the one that called and asked for the ransom?...(Shagy said nothing)....what did you ask for?
SHAGY : what else? Money.
DPO : how much?
SHAGY : (trying to calculate)...thirty million...
DPO : hmm mm...(Nodding)
SHAGY : hmm.
DPO : you're still not saying the truth...I'll ask you again, who else is working with you?
SHAGY : nobody....please I want to call my lawyer.
DPO : you want to call your lawyer...
SHAGY : yes. At least, I have the right to do that...
DPO : okay...(turns to Dauda)...take him to the counter, let him call his lawyer...and bring the lady.
DAUDA : yes sir...

(Dauda takes Shagi to the counter to make his call, instead of calling a lawyer, Shagi makes a phone call to his employer...)

SHAGI : hello? Mr. Andrew..
RECEIVER : hello, what's it? Why are you calling me? Didn't I tell you I'll get in touch with you?
SHAGI : I need you to get me a lawyer. We have been arrested by the police...
RECEIVER : what! Hey...hope you didn't sell me out?
SHAGI : just get us a lawyer before things get worse...
RECEIVER : em...I will...but how did it happen? How the hell did the police know what's going on....
SHAGI : (cuts in)...how long will it take you?
RECEIVER : as soon as I can. Just don't sell me out.
SHAGI : okay. I'll be waiting....(Hangs up)


(Meanwhile, Lara is sitting before the DPO...)

DPO : young lady, why did you send those men to kidnap the lady?
LARA : what do you mean? I wasn't the one that sent them! Anyway, I want to speak to my Attorney first.
DPO : fine, we'll allow you make a call...
LARA : good.
DPO : (turns to the policeman with him)...allow her call her lawyer and take her back.
POLICEMAN : yes sir!




Meanwhile, Ken was at his office when he spoke to Shagi. He could not believe how things seem to be turning out....)

KEN : shit!....(Hits the table)...I can't believe this....just when I've finally gotten a location for the exchange...thank God I've taken all the necessary precautions, that will buy me some time to get away....(starts thinking of what to do)...first things first is to get rid of this new sim card...(Removing the sim card from the cheap nokia phone he just got)....thank God I didn't give that fool my own name or phone number...(He throws the sim card into the bin)....erm...what next....(Thinking)....I should go home quickly and pack a few things...(Brings out his phone and dials...)....hello Bernard...
RECEIVER : hello
KEN : how long will it take you to get me a visa to the US or the UK?
RECEIVER : huh...both cannot take less than a month, that's the fastest I can do and that will cost you fifty percent more.
KEN : can't you make it faster than that?
RECEIVER : nah...
KEN : okay...which visa can you get me between the next one week?
RECEIVER : one week!
KEN : yeah...
RECEIVER : okay, I can arrange Dubai for you...but you'll pay extra.
KEN : fine...when should I drop my passport for you?
RECEIVER : ASAP.
KEN : alright, I'll be at your office soon, thanks! (hangs up and starts packing a few things)....damn it!....I can't leave without telling Mum something...now what do I tell her? I can't tell her I'm traveling and won't return... And I have to inform her I won't be coming to work....damn it!...and if I just disappear like that they'll start looking for me everywhere....(Thinking of what to do)....I know what to do...(He picks up his phone and dials his mother's number)....hello Mum?
RECEIVER : Ken...
KEN : erm....Mum I need to be in Abuja for about a week. There's a seminar I'm going for.
RECEIVER : a seminar...when?
KEN : I'm leaving today.
RECEIVER : (surprised)...today?...why are you just telling me now?
KEN : erm.....because....because....I just heard about it now.
RECEIVER : ....and you're leaving just like that?
KEN : yes, I have to be there Mum....(Still packing)
RECEIVER : what's the hurry?
KEN : Mum....I'll hand over to Marcus. I'll talk to you when I get back okay....(Hangs up and continues packing. After some few seconds, his Mother calls back and he picks it up)...Hello Mum...
CALLER : Ken, is there something you're not telling me?
KEN : no Mum.
CALLER : then why handing over to someone else after I told you I don't like putting an outsider in charge of the company, when I have children all over....
KEN : Mum, it’s just for a week....
CALLER : you should have told me about this trip of yours before now...
KEN : (cuts in)...I know Mum....and I'm sorry.
CALLER : where is the seminar taking place.
KEN : I already told you it’s in Abuja...
CALLER : yes, where in Abuja?
KEN : eh?.....em....I don't know it off hand, I'll send it to you.
CALLER : (not liking the way Ken sounds but concurs anyway)...okay...just take care.
KEN : alright Mum...(Hangs up)....hmm....I should remove this sim card immediately and get a new one....





Meanwhile Tade was at his office when he received a phone call....)

CALLER : hello Daddy...
TADE : Toyin...
CALLER : Daddy....please I'm at the police station...come and get me out.
TADE : what?...(Looks at the time)...I don't understand, what are you doing there?
CALLER : em...just come first Dad, its not something I can discuss on the phone.
TADE : which police station?
CALLER : Alakuko...
TADE : (cuts in)...what! What the hell were you doing there?
CALLER : please just come Dad...
TADE : okay...(Hangs up)...what the hell is she doing there? And how did she get to the police station?....what is this girl up to...?




Meanwhile, Semy and Jude had decided to stop by a restaurant to get something to eat....)

SEMY : I think it’s better we take it away and eat it in the car...
JUDE : haba nau....let's just eat it here. I want to take swallow and it won't be easy eating that inside the car...
SEMY : remember we're going after someone, what if he leaves before we get there?
JUDE : what's the probability he's at his office right now?
SEMY : at least, its better we get there and confirm he's not there first...
JUDE : (cuts in)...then we start thinking of where to go and search for him, thereby making us eat shabbily....but if we calm down and eat here now, we'll be able to think of how to locate him even if he's not there...after all we're just some few streets away from his office....come on...
SEMY : (thinks about it)...okay...
JUDE : (takes a deep breath)...thank God!

(Then Semy's phone starts ringing...)

SEMY : (picking it up)...hello?
CALLER : Semy, this is Kurt....
SEMY : (been the first time Kurt will be calling him)...oh Boss, Mr. Kay told me you'd call sir....I'm here sir.
CALLER : where are you?
SEMY : em....(looking around)...sir...we're...we're almost...
CALLER : (listening to the back ground noise)...you're stuttering...you're at the cafeteria, isn't it?
SEMY : (surprised he knows)..no, we...(looking around, wondering if we are being spotted).….em...
CALLER : (cuts in)....leave whatever you're doing there and go to Ken's office right away, before he finds out that the kidnappers have been nabbed.
SEMY : yes sir...
CALLER : You two should split if you have to. Someone should take a bike to his house even before you get to his office...make sure you follow him anywhere he goes. I'll disburse some cash to your accounts to make things easy for you...
SEMY : yes sir.
CALLER : there's no time...I'm counting on you.
SEMY : we'll do it now sir...



To be continued...