PART 11
“I AM PRESIDENT MAMUD”
©️Opeyemi O.Akintunde
” Get me my daughter or else, I will let the whole Nirato know the beast you are. My instincts tell me you have used her for rituals for power. From the dream I had, You were the one to die, but you swapped my daughter.Mamud bring me my daughter now!” Isire was banging Mamud’s closed door. Minaya was beside her crying and the entire presidential staff were looking in shock at what was happening…
Mamud opened the door suddenly…
” Isire, don’t force me to lock you up in your room, I have told you Sebrena is fine and will be back soon.” On seeing the staff, Mamud turned to them…
” Hey listen up, you all, if I hear a word about this on the street, who ever tips the media will rot in jail. 321 is dead because he betrayed me. The next person may not be as lucky as him, because it won’t be him that will go down, his family and loved ones will pay for it.”
Isire knew that look in Mamud’s eyes. She knew she had to move out of that house fast and unravel the mystery about her child…
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” Hello Ashkian, any news?” Mamud said over the phone in his room
” No!”
” My God!, Maybe we need the media on this!” Mamud said
” No, you don’t want to do that Mr president, that will throw the whole country into unrest. The citizens won’t feel safe anymore because it will become a slang on the street that if the president’s child is not safe, then who will be?” Ashkian said
Mamud knew he was right and besides he would be seen as a weak president. Ashkian will make a good CHIEF of Staff, but he was the minister of Education.
” I wish you could be my Chief of Staff at this time!” Mamud said
” I could recommend someone trustworthy to you!” Ashkian answered quickly.
Ashkian’s other phone was beeping. Agnos was calling.
” Mr President, I have someone on the other line, he should have news on your daughter!”
“ Ok I will stay on the line!” Mamud said. Ashkian did not like that but he had to play along…
“ Hello, Do you have news about the President’s daughter?” Ashkian said
“ Yes Ashkian…We found her!”
“ Oh Thank Goodness.. Thank you so…
“ But…”
“ But what? Is anyone asking for a ransom? “
“ She is dead!”
“ What?” Ashkian imagined he didn’t hear that…
Agnos went silent!
“ You said what?”
“ Ashkian, What did he say?” Mamud said from the other phone…
Ashkian’s hand shook visibly as he tried to find a chair close by. He ended the call with the President.
“ This was not the plan!” Ashkian said to himself repeatedly.
“ Agnos, tell me what you said is just a slip of tongue?”
“ I wish!” Agnos replied…
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Reuby and the other guys stood far away from Sebrena‘ body…
“ I suggest we bury her so no one traces her death to us” Reuby said
“And have our fingerprints on her body? You are sick Reuby!”Agnos said
“ We don’t know what happened to her or who, what did this to her!” Reuby said shaking…
“ I am getting out of Nirato immediately… I don’t know about you guys… but being involved in the death of the president’s daughter is not what I want my name to be written against in the Nirato history books.” one of the squad members said…
They all looked at each other knowing what he said made a lot of sense. Almost at the same time, they all started racing towards the van.
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Mamud kept calling Ashkian back, his heart was p******g… What could have happened to Sebrena to have made Ashkian shout and end his call abruptly…
“ My Daughter had better not be dead!” Mamud said to himself
To be continued
