Lobatan

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"Hi Ini" Bode greeted with a smile as he walked into her house with Dennis. "How are you?"

"I'm fine, what about you?"

"Fine too"

"Good, so what do I owe this visit?" She asked, returning Dennis' greeting with a forced smile. "I hope you've not come to discuss about Amarachi and Kelvin"

"We have to discuss about them, don't we?"

"See Bode, I only allowed you in because I respect you, I wouldn't have if it was ..." She stopped and made a movement with her eyes balls, passing the message that she wouldn't have allowed Dennis in.

"But please, I want to plead with you. Stop pestering me about this matter, I'm tired of it" she said still standing up and looking straight at Bode who sat beside Dennis on the three sitter sofa.

"You're tired of it? Don't you love Kelvin anymore?"

"I don't"

"That's a lie, you do. You're only trying to pretend"

"No I don't, I'm tired of Kelvin, I'm tired of the relationship, I can't even be rest assured that I have a faithful partner"

"But he never cheated on you or don't you believe it was all a set up?"

"But they have been going out together prior to that day"

"What do you mean? Kelvin loves you and he never cheated on you with anybody, not even Amarachi"

"Just a minute" Ini picked her phone on the table and scrolled through to the picture gallery. "Here's it"

Bode eagerly took the phone from her and studied the picture, Dennis also moved closer to peep.

"That was the Saturday before that day, they went shopping"

"Yeah, they went shopping" Bode replied with a bold smile. "They went to shop for a befitting birthday gift for you"

"Birthday gift for me? Oh! Both of them went to get a birthday gift for me?" Ini laughed loudly, disbelief clearly written on her face.

"Yes, Kelvin asked for Amarachi's help because he was unsure of the best gift to pick for you"

"Oh! And where's the gift? The only birthday gift I met when I got back home was both of them on the bed"

"Come on ... How did you get the picture?"

"It was sent to me" she answered, as she took her phone from him and dipped it into her jean shorts pocket.

"Who sent it to you?"

"Sandra did and she's someone who knows him very well"

"Sandra? Which Sandra?"

"Listen" she cut in, " I don't want to talk about this anymore, I don't want anything to keep reminding me of Amarachi, she's bad luck to me. I don't want to remember this incident either, so Kelvin has to go with it"

"But why are you doing this to yourself? You still love Kelvin, why don't you fight for what you love? You're trying hard to lie to yourself that you don't love him"

"I don't love him anymore, period!" She said and stormed out of the living room.


*Thirty minutes later *

"Turn to the right" Bode gave the directions to Dennis who drove in his car.

"Okay, how many minutes more before we get to your house?"

"We'll get there in less than ten minutes"

"Okay" Dennis responded and kept quiet for sometime before he spoke again.

"Bode" he called calmly, "I want to ask a question"

"Yes, go ahead please"

"Okay, ermm. Did Kelvin and Amarachi really go shopping to get a gift for Amarachi?"

"Huh?" Bode looked at him with surprise in his eyes. "You doubt Amarachi too?

"No, but I'm confused. I wonder why Ini who has known Amarachi for several years still doubts her"

"Well, you don't know how their friendship has been all along. I believe Ini is suffering emotionally and the way I see it; I think some other events may have happened in the past that's making Ini not trust in Amarachi"

"So what could that be?" Dennis asked thoughtfully.

"I don't know, but with the way things are the love shared between the both of them might soon become hatred"

"Hmmm" Dennis sighed, "But I still believe that she has something to do with the murder"

"No, I don't think so, I don't think she's capable of killing"

"You can never tell, it may be out of anger, she might be trying to pay Amarachi back"

"Hmmm, I just hope we find out very soon"


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"Hi" a whatsapp message popped up on Bode's phone.

He was ironing his clothes but didn't ignore the message, he picked up his phone, he replied quickly and dropped it back to continue his work.

"Hi Helen, how are you doing? How about the owner of the sim? Have you apprehended the person? Have you found any other thing that's helpful to the case?" He bombarded with several questions

He just hung one of the shirts when another message came in, he switched off the wall socket and picked up his phone.

"Haba! I told you we are doing our jobs and you shouldn't bother"

"I just want to know the progress of your investigation"

"The real owner of the sim is Sandra Benjamin, Kelvin's secretary and Ini's friend"

"Kelvin's secretary? Sandra?"

"Yes"

"How come?"

"Don't bother, I told you we'll handle the case properly, just make sure that you provide us with any useful information you have"

"Would I be allowed to see this Sandra? I need to ask her some questions"

"Don't bother, the police Will ask her or the necessary questions"

"Mtchew... Can't you just stop mentioning the police every time?"

"Lol, I can't. The police are the ones responsible for criminal cases. Just calm down and trust us"

"Alright"

"Yeah, so how are you doing?"

"I'm fine, you?"

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**Friday Morning **

"Here's the place " Ken pointed at a gate from where the police cars were parked at a far distance. "That's where Mark and some of his other guys operate from"

"Okay, is the gate the only entrance?" Helen asked.

"I don't know of any other"

"Alright" Helen replied as she open the car door. "Uche, I'll go in first with a team of five men, you'll surround the place with the other guys to prevent escape from the gate. Let two officers stay with Ken and make his legs are cuffed too"

She got out of the car and walked towards the car at the back. She gave some commands and five junior officers followed her across the road.

"Bring the cars to the gate" she commanded Uche before they crossed the road.

The officers walked tactically towards the gate, they walked tactically towards the gate, it was opened. Helen peeped in carefully, the small space in the compound was dirty and empty.

She brought out her gun and walked into the compound, summoning the others to follow her with her hand. She gave directions to them and three officers dispersed to different sides of the building. The others followed out to the entrance.

She noticed that the iron door was opened as she stepped on the balcony. An officer bent below the window level and squatted. She placed her back on the wall and tried to listen but no sound was coming from the house. She pushed the door open with her right leg from where she hid and was about to turn into the house when two gunshots came towards the door. She quickly returned to her position and adjusted her gun.

The other officer who bent by the window at the opposite side shot back at the attacker as the door was now opened wide. The gunshot sparked off more gunshots from the house, now continuous.

"It will be better you surrender yourself, you can't escape this. The police has surrounded the whole place"

The gunshots from inside ceased but no one came outside. After some seconds of silence, Helen peeped into the house again. The room was dark but she could still see that there was no one around, the shooter had left or was in hiding.

She made a signal to the other officers before she rushed in shooting furiously around the room but no one was there. She was followed closely by two officers.

The closest door to the first room was also opened but was darker, she opened the door and was about shooting but saw a Lady who was on the bed, she was only on bra and pants and was behaving like a mentally deranged person. There was cocaine power all over her body as she sniffed in some from a paper on hand.

Helen walked closer pointing a gun at her but the Lady wasn't moved.
"Where are the others?" Helen shouted pointing a gun to her head, noticing that the lady was only a teenager.

"They're gone" was the girl's reply.


**Two Hours Later **

"We should have tried to find out if there was any escape route before we attacked that place" Uche commented

"The house is a small one and no one who have thought they had another way. All we should do now is follow the girl's direction"

"Can we really follow her direction? She's just a young girl who's already addicted to drugs and being taken advantage of by those guys"

"We have no other option for now, she already told us where we can get one of the guys, that's where we'll go immediately"



...to be continued

Happy Democracy Day to you all

Oyinprince thanks for the update

Wow! Oyinprince you are doing a very good job.....
But Bode He can't be the murderer jare,
I can't wait to get to the end of this story.
Still following......

I finally caught up with you guyz.



Boss Oyinprince, I have no words to describe you but all I can say is, I see you going places soon. Just keep up the good work.



On Nairaland Literature section, when writers are glued to their own personal works, it is often hard to check other's out (how to cook updates up; go about your studies; personal life and stuff without being paid but still don't want to abandon a work) - so I'm sorry for staying off for a while. I hope you understand



Yours in pen!!!






I follow till the end.

adeh39:
Wow! Oyinprince you are doing a very good job.....

But Bode He can't be the murderer jare,

I can't wait to get to the end of this story.

Still following......

yea you are right

In my own opinion too... it couldn't av been bode!!!! My guess is bola sent mark to stab Frank nd nt kill him, then set Amarachi up...

sherryshitt:
In my own opinion too... it couldn't av been bode!!!! My guess is bola sent mark to stab Frank nd nt kill him, then set Amarachi up...

dnt be surprise if in the long run Bode happens to be the killer.Oyinprince is unpredictable,he knws how to twist a story nd make his readers perplex at the next course of action.The guy suspense 2much self

GooooooooooooooooSssssssssssshhhhhhhhhh!
I cnt bliv oyin wl stop here coz I'm running out f patience to read d story to d end.ds piece/story is just too fantastic,welldone writer oyin......xpecting more updates plssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss!

Bode is the killer. I don't know y but I just believe he is the one

Happy New Month

Rajosh:
Bode is the killer. I don't know y but I just believe he is the one

Reasons pls??

Rajosh:
Bode is the killer. I don't know y but I just believe he is the one

haba pls dont say so.bode is too nice to be the killer.instead bola ex did it ...onyi please dont twist it to bode the killer becouse i cant take it.....am loving bode already lol becouse a friend in need is a friend indeed.bode is 1

mercydaniel:

yea you are right

Rajosh:
Bode is the killer. I don't know y but I just believe he is the one

haba pls

Maryofficial:


Reasons pls??

Bola couldn't have killed Frank. she was obsessed with him. We all know Kevin and Amarachi are innocent. Chief is innocent because he gave Frank sometime to think about his decision which I believe has not elapsed. Ini has no reason to kill Frank. To What end will killing Frank be to Ini when he wasn't even dating her new enemy ( Ama ). It all boils down to Ken and Bode. I believe Bode did it to take over Frank's business. Kevin was just at the wrong place at the wrong time.

Rajosh:
Bola couldn't have killed Frank. she was obsessed with him. We all know Kevin and Amarachi are innocent. Chief is innocent because he gave Frank sometime to think about his decision which I believe has not elapsed. Ini has no reason to kill Frank. To What end will killing Frank be to Ini when he wasn't even dating her new enemy ( Ama ). It all boils down to Ken and Bode. I believe Bode did it to take over Frank's business. Kevin was just at the wrong place at the wrong time.

I seriously doubt that its bode. If not I will be crushed cos he is now my new friend.

Rajosh:
Bola couldn't have killed Frank. she was obsessed with him. We all know Kevin and Amarachi are innocent. Chief is innocent because he gave Frank sometime to think about his decision which I believe has not elapsed. Ini has no reason to kill Frank. To What end will killing Frank be to Ini when he wasn't even dating her new enemy ( Ama ). It all boils down to Ken and Bode. I believe Bode did it to take over Frank's business. Kevin was just at the wrong place at the wrong time.

but Kelvin met bode at home after his fight with Frank na.

Fumzybabe:

but Kelvin met bode at home after his fight with Frank na.

This is why this story is so so interesting. it's so full of suspense. Despite being close to the end of the story, we still are not sure who the killer is, only the writer knows..I wish Nollywood movies are as unpredictable as this.

I tink bode is d killer nd i tink he is not

Onemansquad:
I tink bode is d killer nd i tink he is not

i tink he is not d killer........

kudos to Oyin, started from d beginning now am here. More updates please.

Fembleez1:
I finally caught up with you guyz.



Boss Oyinprince, I have no words to describe you but all I can say is, I see you going places soon. Just keep up the good work.



On Nairaland Literature section, when writers are glued to their own personal works, it is often hard to check other's out (how to cook updates up; go about your studies; personal life and stuff without being paid but still don't want to abandon a work) - so I'm sorry for staying off for a while. I hope you understand



Yours in pen!!!






I follow till the end.

Bro, thanks for taking your time to read. I know how it is, since I bookmarked ur story lust and love', I've not had time to read more than the first page, I'm planning to do a lot of reading after I finish this.

Thanks for ur comments

Hmm, I can see a lot of guesses here about the killer. Well, the killer is ......... . .

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**Friday Evening **

"Don't waste our time, just tell us where Mark is and we'll let you go" Helen questioned the new suspect again, after torturing him severely when he refused to cooperate.

"I swear, Mark is in Cameroon and he will be there for a month before he comes back" he replied in pains, his cheeks already swollen due to the several blows that had landed on his face.

"What's he doing in Cameroon?"

"He went there for a job, I don't have details about it"

"Liar" Helen landed another blow on his face. "Stop wasting my time and tell me where your Oga is hiding"

"He's in Cameroon, I swear" He replied in great pains. "I don't know what he went there to do, he has other boys working with him there"

Helen looked at him silently for a while before she continued, " Do you know Bola Olatunbosun?"

"Yes, I do. She gave us a job recently"

"Okay, what are the details of the job"

"She asked us to drug some people and set them up in a certain house"

"So you carried out the drugging of Amarachi and Kelvin?"

"I don't know their names, Boss only gave us their pictures and gave us the address, he also gave is the correct timing"

"You and who carried out this job?"

"Boss was busy that day so he sent three of us, I was the junior among them"

"Who are the other guys?

" Scorpion and Scrap"

"And you guys also killed Frank in his salon?"

"Huh?" He looked shocked. "We didn't kill anyone"

"You didn't kill anyone in a salon with a knife"

"No" he replied terrified, "I don't know about any killing"

"And what about the other guys, where did they go after you carries out the drugging?"

"We gave them the right dose like we were instructed and waited outside the compound until we saw Bola's car coming"

"And you followed Bola and Frank to her house?"

"No, our job ended after Bola came to the place"

"So she didn't ask you to kill anybody"

"I wouldn't know that, she likes relating with the Boss directly, she always wants him to carry out her job himself, he didn't follow us that day because he was busy"

"So are you saying that there's a possibility that Mark was sent to kill the guy?"

"No, the Boss was on another assignment with some other senior guys that day and they went of the state very early that morning"

"How do you know they really went out of the state that day and didn't stay back?"

"I drove them to the airport that morning and Boss wouldn't even need any backup to kill a single person, or did the person have bodyguards?"


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***Saturday Morning ***

"Good morning Inspector" Dennis greeted as he walked into Helen's office with Bode.

"Good morning Mr Dennis" she replied and added a smile on seeing Bode. "Good morning"

"Yeah, morning mam" Bode replied as he took his seat. "How far have you gone with the case?"

"Its getting more complicated, we already found out those who carried out the drugging and we have one of them in our custody but there's no clue that points to them killing Frank"

"Who carried out the drugging" Bode asked.

"Bola sent people to drug Amarachi and Kelvin"

"Then she has to be the one behind the murder too"

"No, she carried out the drugging to have Frank, she couldn't have turned around to kill him"

"But ..."

"We carried out investigations already" Helen continued. "And there's no connection whatsoever between the drugging and the murder, it was done by different parties"

"Oh God! Does that mean we're still gonna stay for long on this case?" Dennis lamented. "I don't want Amarachi to stay in there any longer"

"Don't worry, the date for their court hearing would be announced early next week and they'll be set free if your lawyers can be able to prove them innocent of the charges" Helen said.

"But how will they come out without any evidence of their innocence or the killer found?" Bode asked.

"We have no choice than to do that, their stay here is overdue. Its not right to keep them in our custody for so long"

"Wow! Then... " A knock on the door interrupted Bode, Inspector Uche came in.

"Good morning ma" he greeted his Boss first before greeting the two gentlemen. "I met with the IG this morning and ..."

"Gentlemen, please you have to excuse us for now" Helen said to Bode and Dennis.

"Alright, we'll be back. We want to see Kelvin and Amarachi"

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** Ten minutes later, In the visiting room ***

Bode and Dennis patiently waited for Kelvin as he was led into the room by a police officer.

"How far na?" Kelvin smiled as he sat in front of them, trying to sound lively.

"I dey jare" Bode replied him. "How e con be for this place na?"

"I dey jare" Kelvin replied and extended his hand for an handshake to Dennis.

"Shey na lawyer be this one?" He asked Bode.

"No o, na Amarachi boyfriend Dennis"

"Kelvin, have you forgotten me so soon?" Dennis smiled at him. "We met at the hospital when Amarachi had an accident"

"Oh that's true! Sorry jare, how are you doing?"

"Fine fine, but its you we should care more for now"

"Aba" Kelvin laughed

"Oh boy, you don lean o" Bode continued in pidgin. "You need comot for here sharperly"

"Ehen, how far with Sandra? You dey here from her? E don tey wey she come see me for here"

"Abeg forget that girl jare"

"Wetin happen?"

"That girl is part of the cause of all these problems"

"What do you mean?"

"She and Bola planned and drugged you and Amarachi"

"She and Bola?"

"Yes, they are friends. They did it to separate you and Ini and also to make Frank hate Amarachi"

"Wow! But what does Sandra have to gain?"

"She has you to gain"

"What do you mean?"

"She did it to separate you from Ini, hoping that you'll give her more attention then or didn't you mention at a time that she was trying to seduce you?"


***Fifteen minutes Later ***

"How are you Amarachi" Dennis asked, holding her hands like he usually does when he visits.

"I'm fine, what about you?"

"I'm fine. Look, very soon you'll be out of here" Dennis started trying to make her cheerful. "The date for the court hearing would be announced next week and we'll be able to prove you innocent and get you out of here"

"How would that be?" Ama questioned.

"I've been working with Bode and I know that we'll find the killers before the court date"

"What assurance do you have?"

"Very sure Ama, we're close to it"

"Stop lying Dennis, I can see it in your eyes that you're only selling false hope" she argued, looking at Bode who sat quietly to confirm if Dennis was saying the truth.

"He's not lying Ama" Bode said smiling, trying to convince her.

"I don't believe you guys" she said and turned back to Dennis." When are you resuming work?"

"I'm supposed to resume on Monday, but I don't..."

"You have to resume and focus on your job, I don't want to be the cause of any problems for you"


*** Ten minutes later ***

Bode and Dennis walked slowly back to Helen's office. They discussed in low tones as they walked.

"Man, we have to do something urgent to help Amarachi. Kelvin's case is an easier one" Dennis started.

"I'm confused, I tell you. The police have investigated almost everything related to the case and there's no solution yet"

"Yes, what can we do now?" Dennis paused his steps and asked.

"I don't know, I'm confused" Bode paused too and replied after which they continued walking.

As they got close to Helen's office, she came out of the office with Inspector Uche and another police officer.

"Oh! Thank God you're here" she exclaimed on seeing them. "We were just going to take another look at the exhibits, you should follow us and check if you'll be able to recognize anything"

"Okay, good" Dennis replied as he and Bode hurried after them.

After walking for about three minutes inside the building, they got to their destination. The room's door was opened by the new officer and they all entered. Uche led them to a section of the room, he showed them the exhibits which were preserved in a transparent rectangular glass box.

He wore his hand gloves and open the box, he carefully brought out the knife first.

"This was the knife used to carry out the murder" he explained to them as they surrounded him. "This wires were found on the floor round his neck, they were used to tie his neck"

Uche looked at their faces for responses one after the other as he brought out the exhibits, the last he brought out was a rag.

"This rag was found there too, I believe it was used to cover his mouth and stop him from shouting"

He looked at their faces again and no one said anything. All of their faces communicated the same message of not knowing anything except for Bode's.

His look was rather strange, different from the others, as if he had recognised something or used one among the exhibits.

"Have you seen any of these before?" Uche questioned him, noticing his look.

"Ermmm... Me? " Bode was startled. "Ermm, No"

"Okay" Uche replied , still looking at him suspiciously.

"Well guys, that's all" he announced to everyone in the room as he locked the glass box again.

"That's okay sir" Uche said to Dennis who was still taking photos of the exhibits.

Bode and Dennis after saying their goodbyes went the opposite direction to where they came from as that was the way to the exit.

Helen and the other inspectors went the other way to their offices, they stopped at the middle of the long straight passage to discuss something. They could also spot Bode and Dennis who paused on the way too to discuss.

Bode noticed that Uche looked at them occasionally as he spoke to Helen and the other officer, it was obvious the inspectors were discussing about them.

"Let's go Dennis" Bode said and hurried away, followed closely by Dennis.


***Fifteen minutes later ***

Dennis and Bode drove home in silence, both of them had so many thoughts in their mind but there were no words to express them. They continued in silence and gazed at each other occasionally.

"Please park here, I want to check someone" Bode broke the silence, looking like he just remembered something.

Dennis drove off the road to the fence side of a big house before he parked.

"Do you know this place?" Bode asked as he opened the door to come down.

"No, I don't" Dennis replied.

"This is Bola's house" he said, pointing to the big black gate of the house by which they parked. "And that's Frank's salon where he was killed" he pointed to salon opposite the house and across the road.

"Wow! "Dennis exclaimed as he opened the door to join Bode outside.

"The gate is locked" Bode announced, seeing the big padlock that was used to secure the place.

"You wanted to go in before?"

"I wanted to see the gateman and confirm something from him"

"What's that?"

"I'll tell you later, lets go"

They entered back into the car and resume their silence until they were approaching a junction.

"Let me just drop here, so you'll drive home"

"No, I'll drive you home"

"Don't bother, I'm in my street already"

"It doesn't matter"

"I want to get something to eat along the street before I walk home"

"I'm hungry too, I think I should follow you there"

"Okay, if you wish"

"Yes, I ..." Dennis' phone rang as he made a turn into the street. He check the phone's screen and it was his mum.

"Wow, I won't be able to wait and eat again, my mum has been calling since and now she's calling again. I think she needs me to do something for her"

"Alright, just drop me here" Bode said, pointing to the front of a restaurant.

"Okay" Dennis parked gently at the front of the restaurant and Bode came out of the car.

"Okay, we'll talk on phone"

"Yeah" Dennis replied and reversed the car slightly trying to turn immediately as no car was coming forth

He had just successfully turned and was about to drive off when he heard a gunshot. He looked towards the place where he dropped off Bode.

Bode was lying helplessly on the ground with bloodstains on his clothes.




** END OF CHAPTER TWENTY NINE **

Ahhh!!!! What's happening again ooo? Am sure bode is part of the culprit!! Oyinprince is a darling. Thanks for this piece.

Hian, there are just a lot of twist in this story. Thnk God the nxt chapter is chapter 30, the last one.

dunt die yet bode ooo cus u got many questxn to provide answers 4.........nyc update oyin...




am startin 2 tink odawise;

hmm. getting more interesting. I don't even know What to think anymore

now,am convinced bode didn't kill Frank.but he knows who did. probably insPector uche

Fins are going odd ways... Rideon onyi

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One down, one to go!!!

Inspector Uche is d killer.In fact,4rm the place he lied abt not knowing who Ken was;was when I knew he has skeleton in his cupboard.Furthermore,Ken confessed that Inspector Uche has been carrying out a lot of incorrigible deals for his father also Inspector Uche despise Bode a lot because Bode is pricky and most times advice Helen not to disclose most of the evidence gotten to him.