Tarasha - Season 1 - Episode 9

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Tarasha - Season 1 - Episode 9

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*7am
The news of the minister’s death was greeted
with great shock and grief throughout the
country and the African continent as a
whole. Unemployed youths and adults remained
indoors that morning, fixing their gazes on the
TV screen as circumstances surrounding the
minister’s death were being unveiled. Workers
who rushed to their offices also had their
earphones stuck to their ears, listening to the
news reported on the various radio stations.
At first, the country’s news stations reported
that the minister was shot by unknown gunmen
in his residence and had been taken to the
hospital ,immediately many well wishers and
patriotic citizens began to offer emergency
prayers to God for the preservation of the man’s
life. It was till morning time that it was divulged
that the man died immediately after been shot
by escorts of the Ghanaian minister. The
country’s president also took to his Facebook
page to pay tribute to the late minister.
‘Excellent job done!’ Chief Nonso exclaimed, his
face beamed with smiles as he gave Chief Gab
a high five and took his seat beside the man in
the three seater sofa. ‘She delivered at the set
time’
‘Yeah’ Chief Gab replied happily, keeping his
focus on the TV screen. ‘The job was done
neatly’
‘That girl is good, she did it in a way that the
street cameras did not capture anything’ Chief
Nonso continued.

‘Shhhh!’ Chief Gab hushed, he increased the TV
volume with the remote control. The Lagos
state commissioner of police was being
interviewed by some journalists.
“The tragic loss of the honorable minister came
as a shocking news to everyone of us in this
nation including the security forces. What is
more painful to us is the fact that he died in the
hands of our supposed trained security officials.
But we are doing our best to capture all those
responsible for this great offence and we
promise to arrest the killers as soon as
possible”
“How do you intend to find them?” A journalist
posed a question. “We are aware that the
security cameras failed at the time the murder
took place”
“No, the security cameras were perfectly in
shape” the commissioner lied. “We only had a
little network issue with the transmission but
we’re already working towards recovering the
files”
“How long will that take sir?” Another question
was thrown at the minister.

“I have to go” the commisioner ignored the
question, he was being led away hurriedly by
the junior officers guarding him.
‘Hahahaha’ Chief Gab laughed loudly, he tuned
down the TV volume. ‘The commissioner looks
so confused’
‘He is really confused’ Chief Nonso stood up to
pick the bottle of wine on the center table, he
removed the cover and poured the liquid into
two glass cups.
‘Let’s toast to our success’ He handed a cup to
Chief Gab who stood up merrily. Their glasses
met and they took a sip before returning to their
sitting position.
‘One gone, three more to go’ Chief Gab said as
he settled back into the seat. ‘I’ll send Jubril’s
details to Tarasha today’
‘No, not Jubril yet’ Chief Nonso opposed, he
dropped the glass cup on the table. ‘Let’s take
down Kelechi Edwin first’
‘Why Kelechi first? Chief Gab asked with a
surprise tone. ‘Don’t you think we should still
leave him to enjoy Rivers State money a little
before he dies? I don’t even understand why you
want him down yet’
‘Come on, he has enjoyed enough already’Chief
Nonso retorted. ‘He’s gaining the trust of so
many people already, they are beginning to like
him for governing Rivers State very well’
‘Well, that shouldn’t be our problem, the people
loved you for governing Abia Statements well
during your tenure’ Chief Gab argued.
‘It is our problem if he continues to gain so
much fans, he’s done ten times of what I did in
my right years in just six years of governing’
‘Well…’

‘I should have done better Gab, but remember
that I couldn’t abandon you…’.
‘Don’t remind me of all that Nonso’ Chief Gab
cut in. ‘I would have done the same, if you were
in my position’
‘I know and that’s why I decided to help you,
that’s why I saved so much from Abia. I knew
we will need it some day’ Chief Nonso replied
calmly, trying not to heat up the situation.
‘Okay, what are you saying now? I don’t really
understand why Kelechi should be the next’
‘Simple, it is very obvious with the way things
are going that he would succeed the president
if something is not done’ Chief Nonso explained.
‘I won’t be able to beat him at the Party’s
primaries, so if we take him down now, nobody
would suspect be like they would if it happens
close to the election period’
‘Okay’ Chief Gab prolonged the word as he
nodded his head in realization. ‘You should have
explained better. We have to take him out first
because he’ll definitely step in your way’
‘Yea, that’s what I’m saying ‘
‘Okay, Kelechi is it then’

*9pm*
Cole laughed loudly as he read the several
comments of the previously grieved Nigerians,
who now turned around to insult the late
minister after seeing the video of the man,
where he connived with the Lagos state
commissioner and other organizers of the
conference to defraud the federal government.
The video circulated easily and quickly without
need for special publicity since the minister’s
death news was still trending on the internet
that day. It received more than six thousand
views in less than one hour after Cole uploaded
it with a new YouTube account. Most of the
viewers were those redirected from Google
search while they surfed to find out more about
the minister’s murder.

Now the video has reached over a million views
in just five hours. Various social networks and
forums like coolval22.com and LindaIkeji Blog
also aided in the video spread; several
comments on these forums revealed that the
people were more shocked to discover that the
minister was corrupt than they were at his
death. Even the President’s tribute speech on
TV that evening was slightly changed to a
speech warning other government officials from
involving themselves in corrupt deals.
However, the police authorities vowed to track
down the person behind the YouTube account,
stating that they were positive that the YouTube
account had a connection with the killers. They
also encouraged that anyone who witnessed the
crime or had any useful information should
waste no time in releasing the information to
the police.
More reports on various news platforms
disclosed that the police officers accused of
carrying out the assassination were found laying
unconscious in a mechanic workshop, tests
conducted on them proved that they were
drugged. The policeman who drove the Camsol
used for the crime was later found dead in the
same car, parked at the front of an abandoned
guesthouse.
‘Cole’ Benny called, walking into the sitting room
with a bottle of beer. ‘How ya doing man?’
‘Hey, you’re back’ He placed his tablet device on
the table and sat up. ‘Where have you been?’
‘Around town man, remember Boss says we can
flex if we want to. She only warned us to be
careful’ Benny replied, he sat on another chair
close to Cole and bent to take off his shoes.
‘Where’s Aisha?’
‘She’s gone out, she’ll be back tomorrow
morning’ Cole answered, standing up to take the
beer. He walked up to the mini bar in the sitting
room to pick a cup.
‘She’s gone out?’ Benny asked like he didn’t
hear the first time.
‘Don’t worry Benny, your food has been
prepared’ Cole laughed as he took a sip. ‘I know
that’s what you’re worried about’
‘Better’ Benny’s face brightened up, he stood up
and picked his shoes.
‘I’m thinking of hitting the club tonight, are you
in?’ Cole inquired.
‘What kind of question is that?’ Benny gave him
a funny look, he glanced at Cole’s phone ringing
on the table. ‘You know I’m always in’
Cole walked to the table and picked up his
phone with his left hand, the cup of beer was in
the right hand.
‘It’s Boss’ he whispered to Benny before
answering the call. ‘Hello Boss’
‘Hey man, whats up with you?’ Tarasha greeted
in a friendly manner.
‘Nothing much Boss, what about you?’ Cole
replied
‘Same here, I’m just trying to get used to the
country’
‘Oh! Lagos is cool, you’ll find it lovely’
‘Maybe you should have taken me out, instead
of staying indoors all day’ she said.
‘Huh? Me? Take you out?’ He was a bit
surprised hearing her suggest that he should
take her out.
‘Isn’t that better than staying in all day like
you’re also new in the country?’ She continued.
‘Ermm…’ Cole stammered, he cleared his throat,
trying to gain more confidence. He finally did
and asked, ‘would you like clubbing tonight?’
‘Oh! Not tonight, maybe some other time’ she
turned down his offer.
‘Okay’ he replied in a low tone, disappointed.
‘Where’s Aisha?’ She demanded, ignoring the
note of disappointment heard in his voice.
‘Huh?’ The question met him unprepared, it was
her first time of ever asking about Aisha. ‘She
went out’
‘Alright’ Tarasha said with a concluding note,
‘rest well, our job continues on Monday.
Goodnight’
‘Goodnight Boss’ the call ended.
Cole was lost in deep fantasy for a moment, he
wondered what it would have been like clubbing
with Tarasha, he wondered how it will feel
having her on the same bed with him.
‘What did she say?’ Benny’s voice jolted him to
reality.
‘Nothing’ he returned sharply. ‘She only said
she’ll like me to take her round town next time’
‘You??’ Benny asked with jealousy showing in
his eyes. ‘I’m sure she was joking with you?’
‘No man, she was serious’ Cole laughed, noticing
the jealousy in Benny’s voice. He stopped
abruptly after something came into his mind, a
confused look appeared on his face. ‘How the
hell did she know I was indoor all day?’
Benny hissed and walked away, leaving Cole to
figure out things for himself.

**30.11.2030**
*6am
Don got up sluggishly from the bed with a
blanket tied round his body and opened the
window curtains to have a view of his men
working in the compound downstairs. He caught
a glimpse of Aisha in his kitchen through the
slightly opened door as he slumped back lazily
into his bed, she was wearing one of his shirts
on her pant.

His eyes met the trousers and boxers he
scattered on the floor last night, when he
couldn’t control his urge on seeing her, after she
had gone away for over a week. He
remembered pleading with her to come spend
the night with him that weekend, his pleading
wasn’t in vain as he had been compensated
with several rounds of sex.
‘Hi Don’ Aisha greeted, walking into the room
with two cups of hot liquid in her hands.
‘Hi’ he responded, getting up to pick his clothes
on the floor, he got into another boxers.
She dropped the cups on a stool and sat on the
bed, waiting for Don to join her.

‘I made some… ‘ she was saying when Don
gently pushed and la!d her on the bed, covering
her body with his.
‘No coffee is sweater than you’ he said and
dragged up her shirt, revealing the upper region
of her body.
‘No Don, it’s okay already’ She resisted and
rolled away. ‘I have to leave soon, I didn’t take
permission to come here’
‘Do you have to now take permission to come to
me? Remember I sent you there’ Don grumbled.
‘Come on, you know I have to work by rules of
the job’ Aisha retorted. ‘She has warned us
against going out frequently to avoid suspicion
from the neighborhood’
‘Oh well! I really have to salute you guys for the
Minister’s job, I wouldn’t have believed it wasn’t
police officials that gunned down the man if you
didn’t tell me’ Don commended as he sat up. ‘It
was done neatly’
‘Thanks, but please no one else has to know
how we did the job’ Aisha pleaded.

‘Of course, you can trust me’ Don took a sip of
the hot coffee and mocked. ‘I’m already
overrating you people,It’s not that the job was
to hard though’
‘Hehe’ she chuckled. ‘Could you have done the
job without leaving any traces behind?’
‘Yes I would have, I have the best team in
Nigeria right now’ Don boasted.
‘No you couldn’t have done it. Do you remember
that little Doctor’s job we did last?’ She asked
as she took her own cup of coffee.
‘That was just an unusual error’ Don defended
his team. ‘It doesn’t mean we’re not the best’
‘No, it wasn’t an error’ She argued. ‘You did your
best in that job but we couldn’t just cover up
our tracks, we had to poison some of our
members before the police took them’
‘When are you going to find out where Tarasha
lives?’ Don changed the discussion, after a
moment of awkward silence.
‘I don’t know yet, no one seems to know. She
just appears and disappears’
‘And you can’t try to trail her?’ Don pushed
further.
‘I dare not, I won’t even go far before I’m
caught’
‘That’s a lie, isn’t she human? She has just
succeeded in creating fear into you. All you
need to do is watch and monitor her carefully’
‘Don, please I don’t want any trouble’ Aisha said,
looking straight into Don’s eyes.
…to be continued