The Guardians - Season 1 - Episode 120

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The Guardians - Season 1 - Episode 120

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Ifema smiled and nodded at
Charles telling him that it is okay
and then she turned to Kuyi;
“Answer the call”

Kuyi pushed a button and said
into the microphone cooly;

“This is Director Kuyi, who am I
speaking with?”

The response came from a voice
which sounded in a hurry and
the voice seemed to be breathing
heavily and hiding a growing
concern

“This is Major Concas Kasla,
Tetuan Army; can I speak to the
person in charge of the Nigerian
military? I just called your
presidential villa and there was
not reception and then I put a
call through to your defense
headquarters and I was
redirected here”

Ifeoma was surprised. The
Tetuans were the last people she
expected to call her and even
though she was curious to know
the reason behind the call, she
was also cautious as she did not
know the motive behind the
sudden reaching out

“I am in charge here and you
called me, what do you want?”
“I checked with our intelligence
sir and you are listed as the
Director of the Directorate of
Military Intelligence which is in
charge of intelligence but when
we watched your president on
Television, she ordered the
Nigerian military answer your
minister of defense and she is
the one I will deal with”

“And what gives you the right to
call this line and demand to
speak with her?”

“We have information that she
will need”

“I doubt we need any
information from Lucas” Kuyi
replied

“The information I have is not
from Lucas and I refuse to say
any more until I can reach your
minister for defense”

Kuyi looked back at Ifeoma and
ifeoma crossed her hands over
her b0s0ms. Her posture had not
changed much from when she
was a junior officer and standing
for hours to salute a senior
officer required. She spoke
without moving as she thought
what could be so important.

“This is Admiral Ifeoma
Nwachukwu. I am sure you can
now speak your mind Major”

The voice seemed unsure
“How am I sure I am speaking to
the right person?”

“Didn’t you call my office and
they directed you here? I have a
lot on my plate thanks to your
boss and I would love to get
back to it if you don’t mind”

Although she was uncertain, her
voice carried authority and a
whole lot of anger and
resentment she felt towards the
Tetuans for being the ones who
started the whole thing

“Okay ma’am, I am sorry but we
cannot be too sure as we don’t
know who our friends are any
longer”

“Okay what do you have for us”
Kuyi said

“I want to inform you that the
president of the Republic of
Tetuan is dead. he was found
killed in a motorcade not far
away from the presidential
palace here, killed by an elite
group of the Nigerian military”

“That’s funny” Kuyi answered
“What is so funny sir?”

“You are reporting that Lucas is
dead and you just want us to
believe that right? We would
need to see a body and a whole
bunch of other evidence to
accept that because right now, I
think he is trying to save face”

“Well sir, you can send me an e-
mail address and I can send you
a video to support that or better
still send that address to this”

He read out an email address
that Kuyi typed into a keypad and
sent an email immediately.

“Okay, I am sending you a video
of the evidence right now. I will
wait and allow you watch the
video and come to your
conclusions”

Another mail came in after a few
seconds and Kuyi, opened it. It
had an attachment in form of a
video file which Kuyi put on the
screen. The video showed bodies
taken out of cars and from the
back of one of the cars in the
middle, the body of Lucas
Radonsolema was pulled out and
the camera zoomed on his face
as though they were trying to
prove thatit was him, his body
was removed and movedinto
another car in the presence of
security.

“How are we sure that is Lucas
Radonsolema?” Quadri said “for
all we know, this whole thing
might be staged”

Kuyi turned to Ifeoma and said;
“This is messed up. That is Lucas
for sure; I can guarantee it. the
question is what this guy wants”
Ifeoma replied;

“There is only one way to find
out; put him back on”

Kuyi put the major back on and
said;

“Okay we watched your little
movie, please realize that there is
no price on Lucas’s head”