PART 29
“I AM PRESIDENT MAMUD”
©Opeyemi Ojerinde Akintunde
“It is a pity that our President is missing, his daughter is missing and the whole country has suddenly turned against him, despite the good things he did for this country in the few months of him becoming president, not forgetting how he fought for our independence due to his relationship with the Iskelon government.
I must point out that, In my months of working closely with the president, though he is a tough man, he can never be any of the things The First Lady is describing.
Due to the shock I felt after watching her video, I carried out a little research and surprisingly it would interest the public to know that the First Lady and Mr Hidoko were once romantically involved as youths….” Ashkian said in a video that was displayed on Hidoko’s T.V
Ashkian further corroborated his claim by interviewing few people who were living in the FIFTH state as at the time Mamud was not in the FIFTH State.
“It is true that President Mamud Killed a boy named Fila when he was young, we were all teenagers back then. The boy was the one who infuriated the president but after his death, the president has been taking care of the boy’s family. President Mamud was given a presidential pardon back then. Hidoko had always had his eyes for the First Lady, so I don’t believe the First Lady… I believe Mr Hidoko and the First Lady should tell us the truth, where our President is !” A citizen said in a video
Hidoko couldn’t believe what he was watching, Professor Ashkian was defending Mamud in his absence.
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Yenewa had explained all that happened to Mamud…
“Your wife is saying all sorts about you and knowing who Hidoko, my cousin is, I can say for a fact that Hidoko is influencing her!” Yenewa said
“Isire said all that!” A part of him felt the pain of betrayal but he quickly pushed it aside…
“It’s been over a week since I disappeared, I really want to go back, but I feel I am not ready!”
“Ready? For what?”
“To have the boldness to do the right thing…!”
“What?”
“Yenewa… I will let you know when the time is right…In two days’ time, please get me out of here… I will be ready by that time!”
“But I hope the right thing doesn’t include hurting your wife?”
“I should be angry at her betrayal but I am way past that now… I cannot waste my anger on things that are mundane…My anger should be directed at more serious issues crippling the nation…”
“Well, if that is the case, I should really let you out of here today, one to defend yourself and secondly do the right thing you have to do…”
“Defend myself! When God is already doing that.. You just told me Professor Ashkian is defending me on all fronts, so obviously Venosa won’t be able to step in before I show up in two days’ time…!”
“Hmmm…. You are right… ummm…. 2 days time right!”
“Yes!”
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Venosa couldn’t sleep all throughout the night. For over a week, since the disappearance of the President, he felt he was going to lose it..
The country was about to make his life more miserable by appointing him as the Acting President. He knew his strength, he could not be the First man. He had always loved the supporting role…
“What are you thinking about? I hope you are not afraid of becoming what I now you were destined to be…” Venosa’s wife said
“I am not destined to be President, Mamud is…” Venosa said affirmatively to his wife with the voice that told her, she needed to keep quiet.
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Minatu had not eaten food for over a week. She painfully stayed indoors fasting and praying to her God…
No one had heard from Mamud. What surprised her however, is that in the midst of the national chaos and people asking where her son was, to Isire his wife saying all sorts and Sebrena being missing…. Her peace of mind was double alarming…
It felt like God was reassuring her every minute that all was well with her son!
To be continued
