Happy New Year! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
Well, we’re continuing this web series, we hope to keep up the steam in the new year. Don’t forget if you wanna be part of the cast for the video production of The Diary of Lagos Virgin, signify your interest by mailing me deolu.bubbles@gmail.com.<\/p>\n
Thanks<\/p>\n
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The rally was in full swing, the state chairman of the party was on the stage, dancing and gesticulating, singing high praises of the governor even before he came on stage, this was the kick off of his second term bid as the governor of the state, Borno state has been in serious turmoil but with pressure mounting on him from different angles, he was sure the emergency rule won\u2019t be executed to the full extent, he would still maintain his seat as the governor of the state.<\/p>\n
The city square was filled to the brim with sea of heads waving the party flag, also bomb squad vehicles littered all over the venue, JTF and DSS officers armed to the teeth parading the scene looking for what is to be the slightest manifestation of terror. The anti-terror agents roamed freely within the crowd with vigour especially when the dj played dorobucci, the crowd went ecstatic as the chairman of the party on the stage dug to the floor to do justice to the music been played.<\/p>\n
Nnamdi was on top of a hill, laying on the ground surrounded by leaves with his sniper gun, looking through the rifle scope, adjusting to see better and further, he could see the stage visibly now, he almost chuckled as he saw the state party chairman dancing on the stage. He surveyed around more and saw the loads of security operatives, some driving around in sport bikes, armored vehicles, also horses.<\/p>\n
The task is herculean, the issue won\u2019t be carrying out the assignment, the issue will be escaping from the scene unarmed, Nnamdi knew he wasn\u2019t meant to escape this, no extraction plan was discussed with him prior to him been dropped here, no one was coming to get him. Nnamdi was giving this whole thing a lot of thought but then he remembered they had his family under surveillance, it will be wise to just do as they ask.<\/p>\n
He didn\u2019t mind dying if it meant his family will be safe. His thought was brought back to the present time when he saw a familiar face behind the governor walking closely with him, with full special forces gear, he wasn\u2019t wearing facial gear like the rest behind him. The person looked round, surveying the mountain surrounding the venue. The mission just became impossible, What is Seye doing here?<\/p>\n
He should be in Lagos or Abuja, what is he doing in Maiduguri, Nnamdi began to rethink his strategies of execution, crossing all his t\u2019s and dotting all the i\u2019s. This could entirely mar all of this plans here and the punishment for failure outweighs everything now.<\/p>\n
The governor climbed the podium, the crowd cheer increased as he danced on stage like he had won the re-election already, he was been hailed by his people, the love and attention he was getting was huge.<\/p>\n
Seye was standing at the back of the stage flanked by 3 guys left and right, and with another set of guys 10 feet away from the crowd. As the governor read his speech to the cheering crowd, Seye had an uneasy feeling about all of this, staring ahead into the mountains facing the stage.<\/p>\n
He grabbed his walkie-talkie by his side and mumbled somethings into it, and put it back by his side. Nnamdi could see 2 security operatives get on their bike and head towards the mountain.<\/p>\n
Its now or never, Nnamdi told himself, with his hand on the trigger, he calculated the wind speed and his angle, as the governor got to the high point of his address, raising his hand to wave to the crowd, Nnamdi squeezed the triggered hard, the bullet pierced the forehead of the governor, he went downward as he stood, in slow motion.<\/p>\n
The other security operatives swooped in on the podium, trying to protect other high value targets at the event, the crowd went into frenzy screaming and running in different directions, the stampede began. Seye called the rest of the security operatives to his side and pointed to the mountains, 4 more guys got on their bikes and headed towards him. He looked at the time, they would get to him in another 8 times due to the rocky terrain.<\/p>\n
In the meantime, the two that were sent few minutes ago will be here anytime soon. He got up from where he laid on his belly, hid behind a tree, the bike riders began speeding up to the mountain as they heard the update that there is a shooter on the mountain, Nnamdi squatted behind the tree, with the butt of the gun in between his thighs. When he sensed they were very close to him, he got up and with the strength he could muster, hit the first rider in the nose with the butt of the gun in one swift motion, shot the second rider in the head, looking closely at which one was more of his physique, the passed out operative was more of his height, he quickly changed into his outfit and dragged their bodies into a ditch and covered it with dirt, he pushed one of the bike off the other side of mountain into a what seems to be a huge ditch. He wiped the face mask to wipe off blood stain and put it on and sped down the mountain on a bike, he saw them coming and started firing shots up the mountain, they got to him, he pointed up the mountain to them, they fired their engines and race up the mountain.<\/p>\n
Nnamdi rode the bike down the mountain,the rest of the agents helping the injured, Seye stood there co-ordinating the surrounding, waiting on the ambulance to take the governor to the hospital. As he continued the conversations on the phone, a particular bike caught his attention, as he was leaving the area without his permission, he put the phone on hold and screamed stop to the agent but the agent didn\u2019t stop, he noticed blood stain on him. He jumped on his bike and sped off after him with the other agents wondering what the hell was happening.<\/p>\n
Nnamdi paid no attention to Seye\u2019s warning, Seye brought out his gun and shot at Nnamdi\u2019s tyre derailing him and sent him tumbling a couple of times. It looked really bad, Seye parked his bike and walked up to the body spread on the ground, he tried to sneak a peek at the guy under the mask, as he was about to remove the face mask. Nnamdi sent a right hook into Seye\u2019s neck, jumping up on his feet, left leg injured, blood stained. Seye got up and threw a punch to Nnamdi face which he blocked, and then punched in the rib then sent another punch to his face, all Nnamdi\u2019s punches landed at the place he intended them to.<\/p>\n
Seye down and groaning, rubbing his face, as Nnamdi moved closer to him, Seye rolled around, and held his injured leg, and moved to his back, holding him a choke hold, Seye\u2019s muscles expanded as he struggled him to hold him down. Nnamdi struggling to get out of Seye\u2019s hold, rubbed him hands all around the floor, around Seye\u2019s back, he found his handgun and pointed it against Seye\u2019s temple, Seye removed his hands from his neck, but as he let go, he grabbed the mask off Nnamdi\u2019s face to reveal his greatest surprise.<\/p>\n
Nnamdi pointed the gun at Seye as he picked up Seye\u2019s bike and rode off.<\/p>\n
Hassan was loved by all at the prisons, he was the lifeline of the prison, the inmates wanted to be him, he always hosted parties almost every saturday night, brought activity that kept up the activities up high. That saturday, he was just subbed on to the field, for the final of the prisons cup which he organised, the winning team of the tournament will get 2.5million naira. In the prison, it seemed like no one remembered the horrific things he did that got him into prison, he was on deathrow but that never matter to him, it almost seem like he wanted to do something to change his fate.<\/p>\n
It seemed like everyone forgot about the bomb explosion at the secondary school he orchestrated, the prison was an island void of interactions from the rest of the world, but the irony was that Hassan Bakko\u2019s phone was always ringing off the hook. Hassan got substituted with a midfielder, to play supporting striker role, as soon as he got in, he ran down through the left flank, and a through ball came to him, chasing it down, and excellently dribbling the last defender, Hassan slotted the ball into the far right corner of the post.<\/p>\n
The field erupted with GOOAALLL!!!!!!!!!<\/p>\n
His teammates ran behind him as he celebrated running down to the prisons warden\u2019s seat with arms stretched out, the onlookers gave him a sounding ovations, as the referee was about to blow the whistle for the continuation of the game, Hassan\u2019s right hand man, Aliyu ran onto the pitch and whispered to him.<\/p>\n
Hassan made the substitution hand gesture to the coach, and left the pitch,he went straight to his cell, where he picked up the phone,<\/p>\n
\u201cHello Baba\u201d He said<\/p>\n
\u201cHassan! How are you, my boy\u201d The voice asked<\/p>\n
\u201cI haven\u2019t been executed yet, Baba\u201d Hassan replied laughing, also trying to catch his breath.
\n\u201cIts happening soon, the President has been briefed about your circumstance. They will do the needful\u201d The voice continued
\n\u201cI\u2019m happy to hear that, Sir\u201d Hassan said<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will talk very soon\u201d The voice ended the call.<\/p>\n
BK drove through all the craziness in lagos to get to the JTF office, if not for the trip he had to go for tomorrow, he doesn\u2019t even want to be around here, the explosion has everything but there is the very important package he needs to pick up from Seye who for some strange reason left town yesterday and asked that he picked it up from his assistant.<\/p>\n
All Seye told him was that he was visiting a northern town on work basis and couldn\u2019t stay to give it to him in person, meet Niyi he told him.<\/p>\n
BK got to the office and everywhere was busy and bustling, the ground floor was the busiest, he met the receptionist and was directed to the 5th floor where Seye\u2019s office was. The same fifth floor was where Frank was waiting to be questioned.<\/p>\n
Frank who willingly came into the JTF office after he visited the bomb blast site was waiting to see Eric or Niyi who were looking for him earlier on.<\/p>\n
Eric had already started questioning him, before Niyi rushed into the office to give BK the parcel that Seye asked him to give him.<\/p>\n
\u201cFrank, I\u2019m sorry about your loss\u201d Niyi said<\/p>\n
\u201cThank you. I was there that night that some men were under the third mainland bridge\u201d Frank dint want to be patronised, he just wanted whoever was responsible to be caught and made to pay.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat did you see exactly?\u201d Niyi asked<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was in the middle of the night, all i saw were silhouettes of people, they were on 3 or 4 boats or more, all with masks except one, but the one with the mask I couldn\u2019t see\u201d Frank explained.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat were they doing\u201d Niyi quizzed further<\/p>\n
\u201cThey were putting things at the foot of the bridge, they had divers, Its all fuzzy in my head, I was high\u201d Frank began to stammer.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat can you say about their leader? You have to remember something about him\u201d Niyi asked<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was a big guy, no mask but he was too far away for me to see anything, I saw him from the back\u201d Frank kept looking around, trying to remember then he saw an image on the wall, a picture of the former office of the back view of a guy who stood around rubbles from the explosion at the former office. He stood up and moved closer to the pictures pinned to the wall on Seye\u2019s office.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m very sure of what I\u2019m about to say but its strange.\u201d Frank began<\/p>\n
Frank began examining the back view of a guy more closely on the wall, \u201cI was high that night, but the back view of the person inside the picture is almost identical to the one I saw that night.\u201d Frank said squinting his eyes on the picture.<\/p>\n
Eric and BK walked into the office, to introduce Niyi to BK whom he left the package with.<\/p>\n
\u201cHow is it going? \u201d Eric asked Niyi<\/p>\n
\u201cHe can\u2019t seem to remember them very well, it was really dark and he was high\u201d Niyi briefed Eric<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, why is he staring at the picture?\u201d Eric asked.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe said the guy beside Seye in this picture is the one who orchestrated that attack on the third mainland bridge\u201d Niyi said.<\/p>\n
\u201cReally?\u201d Eric asked<\/p>\n
\u201cHow sure are you\u201d Eric faced Frank\u2026 \u201cThey look identical, sir\u201d Frank replied.<\/p>\n
\u201cErmmm\u2026. excuse me. I know how that person is, its Nnamdi\u201d BK said<\/p>\n
\u201cNnamdi??\u201d Niyi asked. \u201cSeye will explain this better\u201d BK told Eric and Niyi.<\/p>\n
Niyi called Seye immediately, \u201cSir, I think we have a suspect on the bomb blast, we think its Nnamdi\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou guys might be onto something but he just assassinated the governor of Borno state\u201d Seye said, spitting out blood.<\/p>\n
6 Armoured SUVs drove into Babakura\u2019s compound, the dignitaries got out and headed into his library with the door locked behind them, they all sat down in a circle with Babakura at the end of the table, the guest on the table include, The Minster of Defence, The Senate President, The Speaker of the House, Majority leaders of the house.<\/p>\n
\u201cWelcome my friends\u201d Babakura started<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re almost at the end of our journey, and the last parts are the interesting parts.\u201d Babakura continued.<\/p>\n
\u201cI smell victory already, lets have updates from all over you\u201d Babakura said<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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