Episode 5
written by Nkemjika Valentine
*4pm, Zion’s bar
‘’I hope you have heard what Jones is telling the boys?’’ Chuka asked Richmond as they sat drinking. Chuka and Richmond joined the fraternity the same year and he had supported Richmond in getting the top most position of the Capon. He however wasn’t happy with the way things were going and his friend’s weakness. He just couldn’t sit and watch silently as things changed from the old ways with Richmond’s nonchalant attitude. He never supported the post given to Jones when it wasn’t yet his time and now seeing as the boy abused his power, he knew it was a matter of time before all hell would be let lose. He couldn’t help but UNDERSTAND the reluctance of Richmond in dealing with Jones problem was because he was scared of the backlash that might happen but he cared not. He had enough boys to give the fight to Jones if he tried rebelling.
‘’my brother let the boy be. We will soon graduate and leave everything for them to handle. Let’s just enjoy the peace we are having’’ Richmond replied softly, sipping his drink while Chuka shook his head with dissatisfaction. Richmond to him was now acting like a weakling and he knew weaklings never lasted long as the head. Apart from Jones anyone else could attempt a coup once any sign of weakness is sensed in the leadership. Of course the position of the Capon is a highly valued one, respected not only within the campus but across the entire Frats in the country. It was a position every member at a point had dreamed to occupy.
Meanwhile unknown to them, the police had been on Richmond’s tail for a while after receiving credible intelligence from an anonymous informant that he was the leader of a dreaded cult group terrorizing the school. Unknown to them, he had been followed to the bar and as the two men headed out after having enough drinking about seven fully armed anti cult policemen showed up from nowhere with guns drawn
‘’raise up your hands or we shoot’’ the officers barked, taking the two men by surprise but Chuka wasn’t ready to be arrested for any reason and felt it was better dying than to get arrested. Without thinking twice, he ran back into the bar, jumped over tables and customers while three officers gave chase without firing a shoot inside the bar. He ran towards the backyard, scaled the fence and disappeared into the night, leaving the Richmond who was a bit drunk all by himself. The officers overpowered, searched and cuffed him. Smiling, they took out wraps of weed and other banned substances from his pocket.
‘’mr man this is your end’’ the officer in charge of the team muttered to him with a smile while Jones sat in a tricycle at the far end of the parking lot and watched the whole scene with a smile. He had planned everything. It was he who gave the police all the information they needed to get the Capon but he wasn’t satisfied that they failed to get Chuka who could pose a big threat to his ambition. He knew he crossed a dangerous line with what he did. He snitched on the fraternity to take power.
