Tarasha - Season 1 - Episode 26

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Tarasha - Season 1 - Episode 26

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‘It’s okay Chief, I don’t really need to know ‘
Tarasha said, getting up from the seat.
Chief Gab turned to face her, he began with so
much aggression. ‘All of them are cheats and
betrayals, they turned against me and stabbed
me at the back’
Tarasha shook her head in a way as if to signify
that she was unconcerned anymore but the
man continued.
‘Several years ago, I and Jubril used to do
business together with some other top citizens
of the country. The truth is that most of our
businesses were illegal’
The man paused and coughed, he fixed his
gaze on Tarasha before he continued.
‘Everything changed when Retired Gen Mubarak
Baruwa was about to come into government
fifteen years ago, everybody was scared of him
because of his relentless fight against
corruption. Luckily for Jubril and some other of
my associates, they got close to their new
President and became his close workers. We
held a crucial meeting immediately after the
President was sworn in and we concluded that
we needed to stop our illegal deals, but there
was still one hanging; we had a fake drugs
consignment that we needed to clear’
Chief Gab’s loud ringtone disrupted the
conversation, he quickly ended the call and
switched off the phone.

‘I was told to handle the last deal’ Chief went
on, ‘but unknown to me and Onwuli my friend
who was also not close to the new President
like me. The others had planned to implicate us
in order to gain favour from the President. All
the deal’s document were released by them to
the police force, I was caught and sentenced to
ten years imprisonment. Onwuli was murdered
with the whole of his family when he tried to
fight for me’

‘I came out of prison ten years later and found
out that these people are now well celebrated
in the country, I tried to fight back legally but I
discovered that all documents that could
implicate them had been hidden. I threatened to
speak with the press but I had to shut up as
they caused me more pain, my wife and first
son were murdered the next day’ Tears began
to drop off the man’s eyes, he returned to
where he was previously seated and cleaned
his face with an handkerchief. He waited for
Tarasha to also sit before he went on.
‘Only Chief Nonso came to my rescue, he was
one of the beneficiaries of Onwuli’s wealth, so
he helped me when I was in prison and even
more when I came out. He made me to
understand that Onwuli had made him promise
before his death that he would help him fight if
anything happens to him’
‘I can’t rest until I see these evil men reap the
harvest of their deeds. Since the law can’t do
it, then I have to do it my way’ he concluded
and stared at Tarasha as he cleaned off his
again.

She didn’t say a word, she only picked her
glasses and put them on before walking out of
his presence. If the man was hoping to evoke
pity in her, then he had failed. She wasn’t
moved by his tears, she only had to do her job;
the only thing she was bred for, killing.

**9pm**
Cole and Benny came out of the car after
parking it in front of a shop just before getting
to the T-junction. They both stared at the
abandoned warehouse some metres before
them. That was the warehouse Don had sent
them to after Tarasha had attacked and
collected a particular package from two of the
Nanl Gang members that had been sent on an
assignment. The warehouse was abandoned
after the sudden attack which involved them
killing all the workers.
‘Let’s get closer and look for a way to get in’
Cole said, looking around to see if anyone was
watching them.
‘We have to come back or wait till it’s midnight’

Benny replied, stopping Cole by placing a hand
on his shoulder. ‘it’s not advisable we go in
now’
‘We’ll wait’ Cole said, ‘I’m sure that it will be a
very good place. It’s very big’
‘We need to find out what they do in the
neighbouring compounds too’ Benny said, ‘and I
think we’ll need use of that hotel by the side’
he pointed to a multiple storeyed building that
was only separated from the warehouse by a
building in the middle.
‘If we can get a room at this side’ Cole
explained with his hands, referring to the rooms
by the right side of the hotel whose windows
would give them a good view of the ware
house.
‘No wasting of time anymore, let’s go back
home and get our tools ready’

2/01/2031
**8am**
‘They accepted it few minutes ago’ Greg said
as Robin joined him in the computer room.
‘So have you gotten their location?’ He asked.
‘Yes, they’re in a ware house’ Greg answered,
looking into his computer. ‘We have to get
James to lead is there’
Robin brought out his phone and dialed James,
he ordered him to come and meet him in the
room immediately.
‘Did you get any view of the warehouse?’ Robin
asked as they waited for James.
‘No, but I’m sure that’s where they are’ Greg
insisted, showing Robin a thick spot on the
screen which indicates the location where the
bug directs its signal
‘Okay’ Robin took a seat beside Greg, ‘we are
all going together, call Tony to come here now’
James came in when Greg was making the call.
He looked smart and ready for action in his
uniform which he only wears occasionally.
‘Are you ready?’ Robin asked him.
‘Ready sir, my men are also prepared’ James
replied.
‘Good, we just got their location and you’ll be
leading us there’ Tony came in as Robin was
explaining.
‘Where sir?’ James inquired.
‘Here’ Robin motioned him forward, to view at
the location on the computer screen, the
address of the place was underneath the point.
‘Tan beverage warehouse’ James muttered with
a frown. ‘This warehouse has been abandoned,
nobody has been using it for more than a month
now’
‘Huh?’ Robin raised a brow.
Inspector Segun dressed in his uniform came
into the room at that moment, he was in a
rushing mood. ‘Sorry for disturbing’ he
apologized when he noticed that he interrupted
their conversation.
‘Segun, when last did anyone use the Tan
Beverage warehouse?’ James asked him.
Segun was surprised at the question, he cleared
his throat before talking. ‘We went to that area
about three weeks ago and I’m sure that it
hasn’t been used since the incident in
November last year’
‘Did you guys check inside thoroughly?’ Robin
asked.
‘No, we didn’t’ Segun gave a short reply.
‘Well, it seems that the Assassins have been
hiding there and using it as their quarters for
operation’ Robin added.
James was silent as he thought of the
possibility of the assassins being in the
warehouse truly. It was really possible that it
was the same people that had carried out the
killings that took place in the warehouse before
it was abandoned, they could now be using the
place as a point of operation. Where James still
had mixed feelings was the fact that Greg had
discovered the place easily, he hoped that they
were not in for a surprise.
‘What incident happened there in November?’
Robin asked, directing the question to James.
‘The workers in the warehouse were attacked
and killed by unknown gunmen, there was only
one survivor’ James explained, ‘we later
discovered that the manager had a kind of deal
with the unknown gunmen but something went
wrong between them ‘
‘So nobody has been found associated with that
case?’
‘No one sir’
‘Well, we have to plan our attack now’ Robin
paused and looked at Segun. ‘What did you
come in for?’
‘I…I came to enquire about the arms we need’
Segun answered.
Robin returned his gaze to James who took out
a piece of paper from his pocket and stretched
it out to Segun.
‘We surround the place and then announce to
them from outside to peacefully surrender’
Robin continued after Segun had left. ‘If they
refuse to come out, we may need to launch in
tear gas to take the out first. Remember, it’s
our target to capture them alive so we should
try our possible best to do that’
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