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More is there already. Thanks for waiting

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Did you just call me boo?

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Uhmmmmm, none of dis special ops sud die not now......

I am so tired of typing

Sorry Sir, I guess it's near the end already.

Osyxcel: Sorry Sir, I guess it's near the end already.

Yeah it is.

Okay no comments please. This is gonna be really long

Kareem had stood and watched the presidentmake her speech and somewhere in himself, he found more strength in her than he expected. He imagined what she must have gone through in the past hours and he wondered if he would ever be able to go through all of that and still maintained his cool. He wondered if the stakes were high, he would be able to deliver what leaders were made of and also be able to be what and who the people expects from a leader.

He saw her go to the podium and address a nation about an issue she did not totally understand or prepared for and the most amazing thing was that she pulled it off beautifully and did not even make any error. There were a few signs of fatigue on her faceand sometimes her voice dropped but never did she lose the strength in her resolve or didshe showed weakness which would suggest that she was not in control of the situation even though he knew the control hung in thebalance and anyone could have it. He was surprised and thankful that the nation could have such a leader and saw what the voters saw in her when they voted her in as president.

All that was minutes ago and he sat down in a room in his office right next to his own room which he gave to the president to use so she can get some rest and he wondered when he would get the phone call he had been waiting to receive for a long time. He had expected that Ifeoma and the other military guys would resolve the issue fast andget it over with so he kept vigil over his phone so as to be sure that when they call that it is done, he would be able to breathe easy.

Immediately the president got off the podium, his official line went off in a ringing frenzy as everyone wanted to know what was happening. He had to switch it off and then his personal line rang and it was his wife

“Hello” her voice came over the phone showing that she was quiet unsure of what she wants to ask

“Hello sweetheart, how are you?” he replied trying to sound as casual as possible

“I just watched the press briefing: is it true?”

“Yes it is true but everything is under control and I am fine”

“Are you sure everything is under control? Do we need to be worried?”

“Sweetheart, just be there for the kids, nothing is going to happen. Just that there might be some more security people coming over to look after you and they probably won’t allow you go to work or allow the kids go to school but that’s just until we are able to bring this thing is over so don’t worry”

“If you say so dear” she answered and her voice started shaking

“I have to go right now, there are a lot of things I have to take care of here so I will get back to you later”

He hung up wondering if it would really be okay. He directed peter to send security to hishouse as he remembered that Ifeoma’s daughter was abducted and was glad to hearthat Peter had done that already

Peter had taken over security of the entire building and together with the rest of his men had put the governor’s office on lock down and even the street that lead to it was kept under and closed to everyone. The workers who worked at the governor’s officewere all turned back home as the security forces assumed another turn towards them. this was no more the Governor’s office, it was state house.

“How did we come to this?” He thought to himself.
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The Lagos police was probably the most equipped in the country and since the state had put in special funds to finance their operations, they had better crime fighting equipment and as soon as the president stepped off the podium, the Mobile policemenat the barracks opposite the governor’s office spurn into action, manning the streets and making sure nothing evaded their sight allowing not even a detachment of the Army through.
Kareem sat watching the wall that separated him from the most powerful person on the continent and could almost feel the tension around his house. He could feel the eyes of the whole world turned on his little street which did not really get on the news much. He feared to put on the television as he feared what they might report so he just sat down on a chair and waited: hoping that very soon, he would hear some good news.

Across the hall, he knew there were guards everywhere: Peter had told him that they were sending every member of staff out including the cleaners so as to be able to tell who they can trust or not. Peter seemed to have changed from the security Kareem directed around as he took charge of everything. All that was done already and he simply sat down waiting and hoping that something would show up when a noise jolted him out of his thoughts.

He was actually hoping to hear that sound but he did not really believe that it would come and he came back to reality. He looked at the phone on his laps which was still ringing and he reached for it and he pushed the green button which connects the phone and said;

“Hello, who is this?”

A cold voice he did not recognize answer with some level of uneasiness with it;

“Is this Governor Kareem?”

“Who is this and how did you get this number?” Kareem asked without surprise. In cases like this, he did not find it surprising that people close to him might have given outhis personal line to members of the press

There was a little pause and then the voice replied;

“This is General Buba Rasak;Chief of Army staff and I believe we have some things to discuss”

Kareem sat up and his eyes suddenly gained some strength that he did not believe he had.

“How did you get this number?”

“Is that really important right now? I found it expedient that I speak with you and I found ways to get to you; now can we discuss the issues we want to talk about? We don’t have a lot of time”

Kareem felt his initial worry reduce a little and he began to find his voice;

“I don’t think we have anything to even talk about general so if you would excuse me”

He was still talking when Buba answered;

“I am still talking here Kareem, I know you think that staying on the side of the President might help you career or make you look good in front of the camera but you need to realizethat soon, she will not be the leader and the person we choose will be. That person will control all the nation’s resources, don’t you think you should be on that person’s side instead of staying behind someone who has been pushed out of her house? You are a wise man, think about it”

Kareem had expected the general to say something similar but he did not really expecthim to be that blunt about it. he took the phone away from his cheek and hit the record feature on the screen and then out the phone back to his ear;

“What do you want me to do to get to this side you are referring to?”

“We don’t want you to do anything, just hand the president over to our men and that’s it, you will earn our eternal gratitude.”

“I don’t quite understand you general. I am suppose to hand her over to who exactly because I don’t see anyone here but people loyal to her”

“I can have my men come over to pick her up,all you have to do is look the other way”

“And how do I explain that to the people of Lagos who elected me into office general? Tell them that you sweet talked me into it or what?”

“Well you can say the soldiers broke through your security and took her by force”

“So in other words, you are telling me to hit my face on a wall and tell the whole country that I gave the president up to a bunch of thugs because I was punched in the face? First of all that’s stupid and secondly, that is just insulting. It seems you people did not plan this and you are just making things up as you go which makes you failures and I do not and will never associate with failures”

Buba replied;

“You seem to think we are failures but on thecontrary, we are the winners here, we have the presidential villa and almost all the militaryleaders are with us”

“The presidential villa is just a house, without the president, it is nothing but stones and sand. It is bad you don’t realize that, I hope when Ifeoma eventually catches up to you, you would realize this”

“Look Kareem, Ifeoma cannot catch us, we are beyond her reach and as we speak, more and more people are supporting us. I am just asking you this so that you can hand her overwithout getting hurt but since you want to play it this way, I will just send my men in andgrab her by force” Buba threatened

“I dare you to come for her, your men won’t even get past the security at my gate”

He was expecting Buba to reply with another threat but instead, he heard some movement on the other side and then Buba said;

“Who are you and where are you from” just before he hung up.

Kareem looked at the phone again and he checked his call log as he looked for the number Ifeoma used to call him earlier and he pushed the green button again to initiate the call.

Segun walked towards the nearest soldier and walked past his side, immediately he had passed him a little he pulled a knife out of a holster on his side and dug the knife into the lower back of his side. The knife was so sharp, it could cut through paper went through the side easily and was already embedded inside the soldier before he felt the pain and when he did, Segun was holding on to his body so he could not turn or give a blow to free himself as the pain hit his brain through his nervous system.

The two guards who were seated were the first to see what was going on between Segun and the soldier and the instinctively raised their weapons but they were a little too late as the two Palace guards were prepared for them, they produced silenced hand guns from nowhere and shot them in quick successions. The fourth guard had space but when he tried to react, he found himself looking directly into the nozzle of the silencer attached to Michael’s side arm and heheard Michael’s voice

“You even attempt to make a move and you will be the next victim of this madness. Now put your arms up”

The soldier was about to do that when Segun walked towards him and shot him between the eyes

“What did you do that for?” Michael asked

“We can’t afford to keep prisoners; if we decide to let him live he might raise an alarm and alert the guards outside which will put us in trouble so let’s get this over with”

Michael shook off the feeling that crept over him and walked towards the door saying;

“So behind this door is the conference room right?”

“Yes, the Federal executive meeting are held here and I have no doubt that the leaders arein here”

Michael looked towards Izu and IBK who had taken position beside the door they came through and said, lock that door; we are all going in together. I hope everyone is ready”

Izu nodded and so did IBK

“Okay, I will do the talking once we are inside so no one should jump the gun, we are goingin to make arrests and you are to follow my lead”

IBK looked confused;

“How are we supposed to make any arrest? It’s not like we can walk them out of here youknow”

“Once we have them, we radio back to the minister and they will send in ground support”

“Okay, but I am still not sure” IBK replied

Michael did not bother reassuring him because he realized he had a point but they had gotten to a point where they could not turn away from and they have to press forward

The two Palace guards stood at either sides of the doors and Michael stood directly in front of it with his rifle drawn Segun stood beside him and the duo of Izu and IBK stood behind but a little distance away.

The guards forced the door opened and Michael found himself walking into a huge and spacious room with a table in circular form but the circle was not closed. The roof was high and the floor rugged red. Directly infront of him was a huge insignia of the Nigerian coat of arms on the wall just behind a seat which a man sat in. The table was non ending from one end to another and was thesame height all through and behind the table were chairs which were almost touching the wall. The chairs were not all occupied but it seemed like those sitting in the room were inthe middle of a very serious discussion.

Michael went in with his rifle raised and he entered with Segun right behind him. Izu andIBK also ran in at the same time and Michael said;

“Directorate of Military Intelligence, you are all under arrest for treason”

The men all looked shocked to see them and some of them jumped out of their chair but the man seated on the chair directly in front of Michael whose chair the Coat of arms was said;

“Who are you and where are you from?”

He appeared to be holding a device and he pushed a button on it and Michael said;

“I want to see all your hands in the air right now, no one is to make any sudden move else you will be shot where you are. Am I clear?” The man seated on the huge chair said;

“What is the meaning of this? Who let you people in? do you know who you are talking to?”

Michael said;

“General Buba Rasak, I did not realize I was in your presence. I have been mandated to effect your arrest and move you to a holding facility where you will await trial for charges which include high treason and attempted murder”

Another man stood up close to Buba and said;

“How did you people walk into this place? I am the Vice president and acting president ofthe federal republic of Nigeria and I order that you put down your weapons”

“Your name is on the warrant too Mr. Vice President” Segun said. “You all just seat pretty and wait until your transportation to jail comes”

Buba made an attempt to walk away from where his chair was and Michael raised his rifle at him

“General, I won’t be so fast to make quick movements if I were you”

“Look here agents, I don’t know if you are doing this out of some kind of misplaced loyalty or you are were sent here but I wonder how you intend to get out of here; the entire place is surrounded by guards and there is no means of escape”

Izu said;

“We will get out how we came sir, you can bet you new prison cell on that”

“So let me get this straight, you intend to arrest the military chiefs and walk out of a secured location without one of our men standing and keeping watch shoot you in thehead? You must have been dreaming people”a voice said

“And you would be?” Segun asked

“Admiral Emeka Johnson, you fool. Chief of naval staff”

Michael smiled and said;

“You are a long way from the water Admiral and from the looks of things; you are also far away from reality. You and your band of coup plotters have been outlawed and the president is sitting pretty somewhere safe while you are clinging on to a house falling apart and being heavily shelled. Now you all are heading to jail but personally, I would prefer to shoot you all right now and get it all over with”

“I am the Vice President, I have constitutional immunity; you can’t arrest me” the vice president said

“You do? I must have missed that memo but don’t worry, when you get the chance to call your lawyer, we will clear it out but right now you lot are ours”

“Okay, you got us, so how do you intend to get out of here agent what’s your name again?”

Michael smiled at him and said;

“Do you think you can survive it if I told you my name general?”

Segun stood by the door and watched the questions go on and he wondered what Michael was up to with the conversation but he seemed to be in control of the issue so he just waved his gun around and followed his lead

“I can handle anything “ Buba said

“Are you really sure you can? Some things can send you into cardiac arrest you know and I as a person would not want to see you getting medical treatments from the Nigerian state before you are jailed and subsequently hanged for your parts in this”

The Vice President at this point had started tofeel some fear in him and he said;

“Look perhaps we can talk about this, maybe discuss how we will be left and we will compensate you handsomely so your efforts are not in vain”

“Would you just shut up Kuje” Buba said and then he turned to Michael and said;

“Who are you son?”

“First of all, I am not your son, my father had more honor than you are here showing” Michale walked slowly towards where Buba sat down and he said “The name is Agent Michael Olowo. I led the team to get the president out of Tetuan and you sent your dogs to kill us”

He continued;

“Now I know you must be waiting to know how we got out and made the trip from Tetuan and back here but there are more important things waiting which must be done first and that includes your incarceration”

Buba stuttered; “You…a.r.rrr..you are the team leader? That is impossible”

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Ifeoma had decided to sit down on one of the chairs available in the room and she said to Kuyi;

“How are we sure the boys are okay now? They should have reported back to us”

“We can’t have them report in if they don’t have anything to report in. we might have knocked out the communications system in the house but there might still be some devices that are able to capture our communication and that might be dangerousas we don’t want anyone else listening”

“This silence is killing me” she said to herself and then turned to Quadri

“What is new with your hunters?”

“They have taken the field completely and they are making their way into the house, very soon, they will have total control of the house and we can end this”

“I hope you told them that we have some men and they should not be hurt?”

“The team has Segun, one of our most decorated and recognized men with them. The hunters should see him from a mile away. Plus they have also been told so have no fear”

Ifeoma wated to say something else when her phone rang. She looked at it and at first and then she brought it out and looked at thecaller Identity.

“it’s Kareem” she said aloud and she threw it to Kuyi and Kuyi immediately connected it to the loud speaker before answering it

“Mr Governor, Kuyi here; is there a problem?”

Kareem seemed kind of shaken to Ifeoma butshe waited and listen as she learnt that it wasalways good to allow people get to what is bothering them by themselves as they tend tocover all the angles that way

“There is no problem here. Where is Ifeoma?”

“I am here Kareem” Ifeoma said

“Okay, what is the situation? Have you gotten your daughter to safety?”

“Kuyi looked towards Ifeoma and she said;

“She has been rescued and is resting in a secured location. She was also not touched orhurt in anyway”

“Okay that’s great but something weird just happened here”

“Now we are getting to it” Ifeoma thought

“What’s going Kareem” Kuyi asked

“General Buba Rask called me just now”

At the mention of that name, Ifeoma almost jumped from her seat and even Quadri who seemed uninterested put down the little mobile device he was using to track the movement of the head hunters and listened

“What did he say?” Kuyi asked

“He asked me to release the president to him. He said some of his men will be coming to the Governor’s office right now and I should hand her over to them”

“What did you tell him?” Quadri asked

“I told him to eat my backside”

“You used those words?” Kuyi asked not believing what he heard

“Of course not” Kareem answered

“Where is your family?” Ifeoma asked.” Hope you have taken steps to make them secured”

“That was one of the first things I did”

“So how did the conversation end?” He hung up, seems someone was disturbing him where he was. Anyway, I recorded some parts of the conversation and I am sending it to you right now. it might come in useful to you”

“Okay Kareem, send it in. we can use everything we can find right now. By the way,how is the president doing?” Kuyi said

“She has been sleeping since the press conference. There are guards all over the house and the roads so it is pretty secured. No one is going to touch her in here”

“Okay send the conversation, I am thankful for this and I assure you, it will be over soon” Ifeoma said

The phone was disconnected and Quadri said;

“What does this mean?”

“It could mean a lot of things but right now, we have to trust the teams we sent in to do the job for us” Ifeoma said

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Michael smiled at Buba and said;
“I am the one leading the team you sent your men to kill in Tetuan general and this is my revenge on you”

“You still have but figured out how to get you, your men and the people you arrested out of this house without being shot in the head by my guards”

Michael opened his mouth to say something when they heard a thud on the door behind them. they all turned towards it and then there was another thud as it was clear that someone from the outside was trying to break their way through inside the conference hall the thuds then came more frequently and suddenly the doors flew opened and a bunch of soldiers in red caps walked in with their weapons drawn.

Izu instinctively raised his gun and planted his foot on the ground as he got ready to firebut he heard Segun”s voice

“What is going on here? How did you boys get in?”

“We were sent in by the Commandant to secure the house and give you support sir”

You know these guys?” IBK asked

“These are part of a presidential rescue team” Segun answered “So what’s the statusof the house right now?”

“We have some hostiles still walking and resisting but we have managed to gain majorparts of the complex and we have air support. We also have some ground troops from the barracks pouring in so in a matter of minutes, the house should be completely ours”

Michael looked at Buba and said

“You were asking how we would get you out, well we have a whole load of trucks prepared, and all you have to do is pick one. I have to make a call to the minister of defense and tell her all this is over.

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Five days later, most of the events had settled from and the country had started picking itself up from the ground. there were arrests going taking place from all corners as people who were part of the coup were arrested. The investigation was lead by a joint task force lead by Kuyi and the DMI as most of the issues fell into military jurisdiction and he was the only one trusted enough to take over the investigations.

The Presidential jet was flown back into the country the morning the crises was resolved and along with it was Dare and a lot of other soldiers who had been part of the plans to kill the president in Tetuan while a platform was set in motion for the resolution of the civil war in Tetuan and the Nigerian peacekeepers were given another mandate which was to ensure that both parties continue negotiationand to make sure armed groups don’t rise anymore.

There were massive reconstruction works to restore the presidential villa to its state while the vice President was impeached through a unanimous vote by the senate. The president decided to wait for sometime before she chose one but she top on the list was the Lagos state governor.

Kareem had sat down in his office thinking of ways to convince investors into the Eko Atlantic City project that the country is stable when his phone rang

“Hello”

“This is the President mr Governor”

“Oh Good morning, how are you doing ma’am?”

“I am fine”

“So why are you calling me?”

“As you are aware, I will be needing a new vice president and I could not think of anyone else but you to take the job”

Kareem was both flattered and honored

“Me? Do you realize that we are from different political parties? And if I should agree, I would have to quit my office and alsomy party?”

“I am aware of that but I am sure that is a small price to pay”

Kareem though fo a while and then said;

“It is actually not a small price ma’am, you see ,I a looking at going for the post of president I the next election on my party and being your vice would not really work well for my ambitions”

“I completely understand. So we are back to being political enemies and attacking one another in public?” she asked

“We never stopped being that ma’am,

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Ifeoma had gotten used to shuffling betweengoing from the defense headquarters to the DMI headquarters as she wanted to get update herself. Kuyi had proven to be good atquestioning. Of course some of the methods were not approved by her but a lot of the people he was questioning could never be tried inside a court as they know too much and so they did not simply exist. Quadri had disappeared immediately the president touched down in Abuja as he made sure he did not leave her side. He personally ran her security and a suite at the Transcorp Hilton was converted into the Presidential villa until the House was completed.

She also realized that some of those who planned the events could not be caught because they don’t know about them and sheraised it up with Kuyi and Kuyi simply said;

“As long as there are people like you who areready to guard the existence and continual ofwhat’s right, they will remain in the shadows.A rise of the guardians will have been seen bythose who might want to cause trouble and Ican bet they would not want us to unleash our fury on them”

That made her smiled as she had never knew Kuyi to be philosophical. As she rode back to her office with Charles driving, she looked up towards the sun and smiled”

[b]I would love to thank everyone who has made this work a success. This has been the most difficult piece of anything I have ever written and to everyone who spurned me on,I say thank you. I know I cannot completely mention your names but I can at least name some of you

Ijebabe for asking for a story like this

Dubem, that hook up and advice is to die for

Gree-die for her advice and support

Phaya for the push and threats

G***I for company

Mellisaray for believing

Firestar for her abstract nature that spurns me

Stanley (Forgot your username) for the drink you invited me for

And to those who have been reading and forcing me to keep typing and updating, I amsorry I did not finish when I said I will and I hope you can forgive me.
Special thanks goes to my laptop for behaving well and making me type this easily (I know you need a replacement), PHCN for their madness, all my friends who actually give me space to type when we are in the middle of a chat.

I cannot mention you all; all I can say is thank you to everyone. I appreciate y’all[/b]

wow!!!! just wow,Mynd..... Lovely...just lovely...our Nigerian Robert Ludlum

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wow! it finally came to an end. Thank you mynd for taking your time to entertain us.

Wow..finally it comes to an end....thank u mynd

Congratulations, Mr Mynd. Finally!!!
Excellent work!!!

finally...mynd...a good ending to a great story...

Wow!!!

All i av 2 say is Rest a bit thn go n finish 'D burning cold

finally........ it has come to an end though i wouldn't have wanted it to end.
Mynd thanks for a captivating n thrilling story. i can now finally rest well

@ONILA . Wow happy to hear from you. It's been long though.
@MYND when did u started engaging in Litrary acrobatics? [surprised] where did u copy it from?

Congrat @mynd............ i truly enjoy every bit of the story. the fear of the guardian is the beginning of wisdom.

Ch@nges:
@ONILA . Wow happy to hear from you. It's been long though.
@MYND when did u started engaging in Litrary acrobatics? [surprised] where did u copy it from?

I used Google