PART 9
“ I AM PRESIDENT MAMUD”
©️Opeyemi O.Akintunde
“Sir, please we have been surrounded , just let us comply, you have my word, we will get Sebrena back. They are not here to hurt you nor Sebrena…” 321 said in a rush
“ Hey, Shut up! who made you our spokesman…” One of the gunmen hit 321 with his gun by his side, making 321 fall to his knees.
“ Mr President, it’s an honour meeting you and I am sorry it has to be this way, you are a good man for fighting for our independence, but I guess you need to learn to make some godfathers happy. I am only here to do my job. Don’t let’s make this thing bloody, Just pass me your girl.” Agnos said
“ Please, take me if you want, but not my daughter… Her mother will die if that happens!”
“ No she won’t, tell her your daughter is only going on a holiday. She will be fine Mr President!”
Sebrena held on to her father’s leg….
“ Daddy, don’t let them take me away!” Sebrena cried
Mamud knew it would be stupid of him to fight or try to be smart here. He knew they wouldn’t kill him, but they could kill Sebrena.
He knelt down beside Sebrena…
“ Darling, Look at me, I am President Mamud, but first I am your father. I will never let anything happen to you. You just go with them.” Mamud said and pushed Sebrena towards them…
“ Daddieeeeeeee” Sebrena screamed
The gunmen took Sebrena and disappeared into thin air by the speed of Light…
“ 321, call all the Nirato Forces and get me back my daughter Aliveeeeeeee” The Lion in Mamud roared at the top of it’s voice.
“ Yes sir! On it Sir, I am very sorry!”
“My Phones!” Mamud roared at 321.
321 handed over Mamud’s phones to Him Shakily, he had never seen Mamud that angry before.
“ Why did you turn off my phones?” Mamud asked
“ The gunmen asked me to…” 321 replied
Mamud turned on the phone and saw 10 messages…
The moment 321 heard the continuous beeps, he knew something was up and he knew it was time he jetted off that plain.
“ 321… do I have an enemy working on my team?” Mamud said on reading one of the text messages…
“ Why do you say that sir?” 321 said turning back to face the president. 321 started reaching out for his gun as a way to defend himself.
A loud gunshot rent the air. Mamud wasn’t sure if he had been shot!
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Isire knew something wasn’t right! She had been calling Mamud for over an hour after her anger had subsided but unlike him, his phone was switched off . She tried 321’s line, it was switched off as well. She tried calling other aides and the President’s driver. They were all not picking their calls.
“ Please Father, Protect my husband and Daughter!” Isire prayed silently as she remembered the dream she had earlier that day of seeing Mamud in the pool of his blood.
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Minatu felt her stomach turning, followed by pain in her womb area.
“ Something is wrong with one of my children!” Minatu knew the signs. “But which of them?” She questioned silently.
Instead of worrying, she started mentioning their names from the 1st till she got to Mamud, her 12th child. She felt the pain more. She instantly knew whatever was wrong had to do with Mamud!
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“ I want to pee!” Sebrena kept screaming in the black van.
“Pee on your body!”
“ I am not a dirty girl!” Sebrena retorted. Mamud’s blood was definitely in her veins
“ Then you need to learn how to be a dirty girl for once!” retorted one of the kidnappers.
“ Let the poor girl wee” Agnos said “Stop the van!”
The van driver stopped beside a forest path. Sebrena was brought out of the van and told to wee…
“ I can’t pee where you all are staring at me, I am a girl!”
The men could not help but laugh…
“ Little ant, what do you have under you, that you think will interest us! Get down and wee fast! Nonsense!”
Sebrena bent to do a wee…
Suddenly, the sporadic sound of gunshot rent the air…
The same gunshot Mamud heard, but didn’t know if it had been shot at him.
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“ He is the enemy!” Ashkian said
Ashkian had shot 321 from behind.
“ My president I was the one who sent you those messages, the moment I got the information. I am sorry your daughter has been taken, but I promise you we will get her back.” Ashkian said
Mamud looked at 321’s dead body, Ashkian moved closer to 321’s body…
“ He was about to shoot you just now!”
“ Thank you Professor Ashkian… I never would have believed 321 was a spy, but who is he working for?”
“ I wouldn’t know, but I will find out for you, like I told you once, Mr president, you are new in this political game, Let me be your man!” Ashkian said
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Bereto sat tied in his room under the watchful eyes of his Father’s aide…
“ I hope She is not dead!” Bereto thought silently.
To be continue
