PART 10
“ I AM PRESIDENT MAMUD!”
©️Opeyemi O.Akintunde
Sebrena remembered one of the movies she had watched, about a baby escaping from the hands of his kidnappers. She felt this was her own chance to escape as well, but on hearing the gunshot, she thought twice about it…
“ Wetin be that?” Agnos said
“ The Police should be around!” The ruthless one out of the squad said..
“ I told you this won’t end well!” One of the squad said..” Kidnapping the president’s daughter is not a good deal I told you..”
“ But you liked the money! Reuby keep quiet if you have nothing to say!” Agnos shouted “ Get the girl and let’s get out of here!”
“ The girl!” Reuby exclaimed
Sebrena had seized the opportunity of their heated argument to quietly escape them.
“ Where is the girl?” Agnos said
“ Damn!”
“ Little girl come out!, this is no time for hide and seek, if you don’t come out now, we will go kill your Dad, mum and sister!” Agnos said with feigned calmness.
“ We don die, Ashkian go finish us!” Reuby said…
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Bereto’s wrist was aching him. He had been in that tied position for over 2 hours. His father walked in …
“ You should be lucky 321 did not spill the beans before I got there, I would have traded you for me. I would have denied the case. I would have poured it on you telling the president you had a gun to my head, before I made that phone call…Bereto, did you really think, you could double cross me, the moment you came back for your phone I knew something was up. You should count yourself lucky you are my only son! You would have joined 321 on his journey to Hell!”
“ Father has killed 321!” Bereto exclaimed within. Bereto knew he had to play safe with his father if he wanted to stay alive.
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Mamud walked fearfully into the presidential quarters. Isire rushed down to meet him. She didn’t ask about why he looked sad, all she cared about was Why Sebrena was not with him.
“ Where is my daughter?” Isire asked
“ She has been kidnapped , but we will get her back before the sun goes down…” He said nonchalantly
“ You said what!” Isire asked as Mamud kept walking to his room without stopping…
“ Exactly what you heard!”
“ Mamuddddd….” Isire ran to him and slapped Him hotly. He looked towards Isire. Isire had always been fearful of him, but what she just did was a new Isire he had never seen before.”
“Where is my daughterrrr, Mamud!” Isire said raising her voice
“ We were attacked at the garden, 321 compromised and Sebrena was kidnapped, Professor Ashkian is on top of it! We will get her back! He has promised to pull some political strings to know who is behind the kidnap!”
Isire broke into tears!
“ I saw it! I saw it in my dream! Oh my God, my daughter is the one going to pay for your sin! Oh my God! Hidoko told me , I should have listened!” Isire said wailing
Mamud turned back …
“ Hidoko, you are still speaking to Hidoko! Oh I get it! You are still in love with Hidoko… You both wanted to kill me?” Mamud said
Isire knew she had said something wrong!
“ What are you talking about ? I haven’t spoken to Hidoko in years, I was referring to years back, when you came back to the Fifth State. He told me you were not the same Mamud, that left the fifth state!”
“ Isire, tell Hidoko to return my daughter, else I will kill both of you!” Mamud said “ He thinks he can sabotage my tenure, because I won him, tell him, I am Mamud and I am not easily shaken!”
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“ What do you mean, you can’t find the girl?” Ashkian asked Agnos
“ She just vanished….” Agnos said over the phone
“ She just vanished? How?” Ashkian could feel the sweat on his brow. Agnos was about to flop his plan.
His plan was to kidnap the girl and still be the Saviour. He was going to return the girl later that evening. That way, he would have gained Mamud’s trust and made him realize he was powerful. He would cook up a story of making some calls and tendering a request by some unknown godfathers.
“ Agnos, I ought to rescue that child in the next 2 hours, so get back that child and stick to the plan. The police that ought to rescue her from you are on standby. Get back to the plan!” Ashkian said angrily ending the call
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“ What did he say?” Reuby asked
“ Get the girl and Get back to the plan!” Agnos said
“ Damn.. I can’t lose my family over this deal, let’s search this whole forest now! And when I catch the girl I will make sure I give her one hell of good spanking and give her a scar she will always remember! “ Reuby said angrily
To be continued
