Tarasha

anymore, that"s why places with need of

maximum security makes use of cards and

fingerprints locks" she said and inserted her

flash drive into a computer she switched on.

"Only little information required for our first job

has been gotten , we need to get more

information and put everything else in place"

She began. "The job is to waste the Minister of

health, Nnamdi Akofor"

"Nnamdi Okafor" Cole corrected her wrong

p.r.o.nunciation. "What"s the plan? Are we going to

Abuja?"

"No, he"s coming to Lagos. There"s a conference

next week Sat.u.r.day and he"s one of the

speakers" She continued. "He has a house in

Lagos and he"s going to be staying there when

he comes"

"So are we killing him in his house?" Benny

questioned, folding his hands as he paid rapt

attention to her.

"I don"t know yet, that"s why we need more

information" she answered and looked away to

the computer screen. She clicked on an icon

and an application opened up. "From the data I

gathered already, the official selected by the

SSS to be in charge of the Minister"s security

was Segun Kayode"

"Segun Kayode sounds familiar" Cole interrupted,

trying to recall where he knew the bearer of the

name.

"The Segun Kayode I know works with Officer

James, they"re on the same CID team" James

added confidently. "But they work on criminal

cases, I wonder why Segun is involved in this

one"

"The position of the officers in charge does not

matter to us, what would determine our success

is if we play our roles very well" Tarasha said

and faced Cole. "Canyou work with this

application?"

"Yes, I"ve used it several times already but not

for any major job, I only played around with it"

Cole replied.

"Okay, hummm…" She brushed a finger on her

lips and thought about something briefly. "The

man"s house is located at 4/6 Alex Street, Ikeja.

Your job is to survey the place and locate all

the security cameras around the area with that

App"

Shestood up from the seat and motioned Cole

to sit down. She watched and smiled as Cole

began to operate the software without

struggling.

"Benny and I will start a physical survey of place

today" she tapped Benny at the back. "You"ll

pick me up at Gravl avenue by 10am"

"Alright, no problem" Benny swallowed as he

replied, "I"ll go get prepared at once"

"Ermm, I think you guys need a cook here, don"t

you? Or have you eaten this morning?" Tarasha

asked thoughtfully. "You can get one for

yourself, but make sure you pick the right

person."

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28/11/2030

** 10am **

Segun and his men stood up from their seats

immediately they sighted the minister

approaching with his two bodyguards. They

walked closer to welcome them, one of Segun"s

men collected a small luggage from the short

bodyguard.

"Officer Segun Kayode sir" Segun displayed his

ID card and bowed in respect to the minister.

"Oh officer!" Nnamdi Okafor exclaimed

cheerfully, extending his hand to Segun for a

handshake. "How are you doing?"

"Fine sir, how was your flight?" Segun asked

smiling.

"Wonderful" the man replied and looked around

like someone searching for something.

Segun was quick to figure out what he searched

for and he pointed out before the man asked,

"the car"s over there sir"

"Ok, Beautiful" Chief Nnamdi smiled and nodded.

The party journeyed the short distance to where

the cars were parked.

Segun and one of the Chief"s bodyguards sat in

front of the jeep while the minister sat at the

back. The rest of the party took the other car

and followed closely behind.

**********

"Welcome Boss" Cole greeted, standing up as

Tarasha walked gently in with Benny.

"Thank you" Tarasha answered, she took a

glance at the fried rice Cole was eating and

then dropped a USB device on the table. "We

planted the tracker on the Jeep as they made

their way into the airport. You"ll monitor their

movement when you"re done with your food"

Cole covered his food and stood up at once, "I"m

done already, I"ll just tell Aisha to pack away

the left over"

"Huh?" Benny made an unnecessary sound as he

opened back Cole"s food and threw the

remaining meat into his mouth distracting

Tarasha and Cole.

"Sorry"Benny apologized, he gulped down a cup

of water and hurried after them to the computer

room.

"I think he"s on his way to the pharmacy" Cole

said aloud after a minute, he pointed at a

blinking green light moving on the map

displayed on the screen, as the GPS tracking

receiver App opened.

"Ok, he"s working according to the schedule. I

remember Dr Hammed told me…" Tarasha

joined in, she paused and recalled her last

meeting with Dr Hammed.

**flashback: 25.11.2030 **

"Good morning sir " Samantha greeted, smiling

as she took her seat in Doctor Hammed"s

office.

"Good morning Samantha" he replied, smiling

back. "I saw your book here on Friday and I was

told by the receptionist that you came. So why

didn"t you wait to see me?"

"Sir?" She narrowed her eyes as she stared at

him in surprise. "I was here and we met"

"We met? No, we didn"t. The only thing I saw

here was your book in my office" The Doctor

returned the surprise look, which later turned

into a frown.

"Sir? I was here, right in your office. You told me

you were a little bit tired and needed to rest,

that I should return today" She refuted.

"Oh! I did that?" The look on the doctor"s face

changed to a confused one.

"Yes, you don"t remember?"

"Off course I remember" Dr Hammed aloud,

making a futile attempt in using a smile to cover

up his confusion.

Tarasha chuckled.

"I really had to sleep that day because I used a

particular new drug" He added a lie.

"Oh! I see" She smiled. "So have you gone

through my work now?"

"Yes, I did go through it but I noticed that the

research is not completed yet and does not hold

any valid conclusion" he answered.

"I"m about to complete it sir, I just thought I

should share it with you so that you can help

me further…"

Dr Hammed"s phone rang, he motioned Tarasha

to stop talking before he picked the call.

After speaking for about a minute, he ended the

call and got up hurriedly. "Sorry, I have to go

check something now, if you like you can wait

here or come back later"

"No problem sir, I"ll come back" She replied and

got up from the seat, proceeding towards the

door.

"Please, I think I need your help" the Doctor

called back. "Can you help bring this bag along

to where I"m going?"

"Of course sir" she smiled and hurriedly collected

the bag from him. The Doctor carried another

bag and led the way.

They took the elevator and headed for the tenth

floor, continuing with their discussion as it

moved

"I"m taking this to the conference room where

we"re having a meeting on Thursday and Friday

before the conference" he said.

"Wow! I believe it"s a meeting with the speakers"

Tarasha guessed.

"Yes you"re right. On Thursday we have a

meeting with the country"s minister of health

and the commissioner and the company"s board"

He continued as they stepped out of the

elevator. "And on Friday we have a meeting with

all the speakers including the foreign guys"

"Good… " Tarasha said as they walked on to the

room.

**PRESENT**

"It was then I planted the bug in the conference

room. So keep monitoring them Cole, we might

get helpful information from their meeting"

Tarasha concluded with Cole and turned to

Benny who stood with his arms folded and his

back rested on the wall. "The real job begins

this evening two hours before the Ghanian

minister arrives"

"Yes, I know. I"m prepared already" Benny added

confidently.

"But where"s your cook?" Tarasha asked, raising

a brow. "Didn"t you tell her she"s gonna work

with it us?"

"Yes, let me get her" Benny walked out of the

room and returned a minute later with Aisha.

"Good morning" Aisha curtsied.

"Hey! I heard you"re a very good cook?" Tarasha

replied on a lighter mode.

"Yes, I try" Aisha replied back smiling.

"Good" Tarasha smiled, she surveyed Aisha"s

from head to toe with her eyes and asked, "do

you use guns at all? In case there"s any need to"

"Yes, I do. I"m not a novice, I also go on little

operations" Aisha answered.

"Okay, we"re working as police officials for this

operation. "We" includes me, Benny and you,

Cole"s main job is here. We will get everything

we need by this evening" Tarasha explained.

"Our job is to secure Ghana"s minister of health

and escort him to Chief Nnamdi Okafor"s house

when he lands in Nigeria"

Aisha"s mind was filled with questions as she

listened, she waited for Tarasha to stop before

she voiced out her concern. "I"ve been briefed

already about the job but I don"t understand our

main mission there, are we taking the job as

real police officers?"

"No, we"ll take care of the police officers

a.s.signed to the minister first. Your job there

would end immediately we get to Chief

Nnamdi"s house and you"ll return here

immediately"

"So what"s the real…" She stopped abruptly, the

look on Tarasha"s face warned her against

asking any more question.

"They"re in the pharmacy now" Cole spoke aloud,

diverting their attention to him. "The car is no

more in motion"

"Okay, just call me once the meeting starts"

Tarasha got up from her seat and walked out of

the room.

Aisha stared at Benny"s face inquisitively for a

moment, she hissed and walked away when he

stared back at her, pretending not to understand

what she wanted.

Benny laughed loudly, watching her backside

bounce as she went away, he patted Cole on

the back and took a seat beside him.

"This girl doesn"t know we"re working with

someone different now" he made jest of her.

"She was expecting me to tell her something the

Boss has hidden from her"

"Don"t mind her" Cole added. "We already gave

her the rules here, she"ll have herself to blame

if she messes up"

"She won"t mess up, she"s not a kid" Benny

a.s.sured.

** Two hours later **

"Have they discussed anything useful to us yet?"

Tarasha walked into the room, fixing her gaze

on the screen, the Derl Pharmacy meeting

transmission was on.

"Not really" Cole answered, "but I still think you

need to hear what they"re up to"

"Okay" Tarasha took a seat beside Benny and

listened carefully.

"… all of these monies would be paid into your

account directly and you have to transfer our

own share to us within seventy two hours later"

Dr Umaru was seen explaining. Six men, neatly

dressed in suits were seated at the edge of the

long conference table, the minister of health

was seated at the middle of the table.

"That"s no problem" Nnamdi Okafor replied.

"What I"m saying is we should calculate the

money now, so that there"ll be no arguments

when the money is shared"

"The total is about one billion naira" Dr Umaru

began breaking down the figures. "In organizing

the conference, we used only a hundred million

out of the three hundred million the Federal

Government gave us for it"

"That"s just two hundred million, where did we

get the rest from?" The inquisitive Lagos state

commissioner put in.

Dr Umaru cleared his throat and continued, "we

were given five hundred million for Lee Cho"s

products but we are only paying one hundred

and fifty million for it. We"re only buying half of

the required quant.i.ty and Lee Cho is giving us

at a subsidized rate. Ken Benson is also giving

us his drugs at a subsidized rate, we"re getting

four hundred million from his own deal"

"That makes it nine hundred and fifty million

naira" Nnamdi put in, he stared at Dr. Umaru

suspiciously. "I was expecting much more than

this"

"That"s all, this administration is so tightfisted"

Umaru added again. "Not everything we

requested for was given to us"

"It"s okay, let"s determine everyone"s share right

now…" Chief Nnamdi was saying

"Wow!" Tarasha distracted the other viewers,

thinking aloud. She turned to Benny and asked,

"is this not the same minister that everyone

speaks of as incorrupt?"

"He is" Benny answered softly, looking baffled.

"I"m as surprised as you seeing that he also

involves himself in dubious deals"

"Our country is really messed up, even the most

trusted ones are corrupt too" Cole joined.

"Well, I think your country people would love to

see this video later. Make sure you keep a copy"

She instructed, standing up from her seat. "And

also take note of any other information that may

be useful for us"

Tarasha who was already bored walked away,

leaving the Cole and Benny to watch the rest of

the shocking revelation.