Tarasha - Season 3 - Episode 38

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Tarasha - Season 3 - Episode 38

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Ilorin, Kwara State.
11:12am

Dan, Dave and the junior NIS officer sat at different angles of the large office room, each studying different files and documents.

‘I don’t still understand why the deceased’s wife hasn’t been questioned by the police officers yet,’ Dave said as he walked slowly to the center of the office with an opened file in his hands, reading as he walked.

‘I learnt it’s an instruction from the Inspector General not to trouble her yet until she’s fit enough,’ the junior NIS officer replied.

‘But that’s delaying investigation, isn’t it until the investigation has been tried that we can determine whether she’s fit or not? But right now, there has been no trial whatsoever.’ Dave complained.
‘The Police and the rules they make sometimes have no sense in them,’ the junior officer shrugged.
Dave flashed a look at Dan who seemed not to be interested in their conversation.
‘Dan, what’s up? Have you found anything? Dave asked.

‘Not yet bro,’ Dan replied without looking up.

Dave walked to Dan’s seat and took a minute to look at what Dan was doing. Dan was reading something totally different from the case at hand. He had abandoned the case file on the table after not being able to come out with anything significant.

‘Dan, we need to ask the man’s wife some questions.’ Dave said in a tired tone. He drew a chair closer and sat down.

Dan finally looked up, ‘Let’s reach the Chairman, he can give us a directive that will override the one given to the police not to question her.’

‘How soon do we expect a result after we do that?’

‘In one hour time, that’s if the Chairman believes that we should be allowed to see her.’


14:56am
AFTER THE INTERROGATION
‘Do you think it makes sense to conclude that the same Samantha Osman who killed Eze Okafor also killed Garuba Ahmed?’ Dan asked as they walked back into the NIS office. He dropped his key on the table and sank into the chair.


‘Of course it doesn’t make sense,’ Dave replied him. ‘The woman claimed that Samantha Osman came into their house at midnight with their son and she left after taking a document from the man without hurting anyone.’

‘I really doubt if the person who visited them was Samantha Osman,’ Dan said.
‘You doubt? Why?’
‘Don’t you see that the timing does not make sense? Samantha Osman was seen at the hospital in Nnewi as at the same time the woman claimed he was at their home.’
‘So who do you think we should believe? The security officers who claimed they saw her without providing any proof or this lady, her son and gateman who all confessed that she got into their house at midnight?’
‘The both parties have no proof, we can’t judge with what they tell us.’ Dan replied.
‘Yea, you’re right.’ Dave replied, even though he already took sides with a party. ‘But… I don’t see any reason Mrs Garuba would come up with a lie.’
‘I don’t think she wanted to lie too, I think she was deceived. She most likely was visited by someone else who claimed to be Samantha Osman.’

‘What if the security officers at the hospital also saw someone else?’
‘They saw her face and identified her to be the same woman in the pictures we released. But Mrs Garuba said the person who came to them was putting on a mask and that makes her unable to identify the face and the son does not remember her face. He claims he was drunk then.’

‘I don’t think that guy was just drunk, I think he was drugged.’
‘Humn… That’s another thing we need to look into,’ Dan interjected. ‘If their son Toheeb could still remember that he brought a girl home that night and the only thing he doesn’t remember is her face, there’s a higher possibility that Samantha Osman wasn’t the girl. This I say because; normally, Samantha Osman would drug everyone that saw her with benryl for them to forget their encounter with her.’

‘Hmm… And what if she was rushing and forgot to do that? Just like she did forget the numerous identity cards in the car.’
‘I don’t think those Identity cards can implicate her, that’s why she’s didn’t bother to take them. Now that she knows they must have gotten into our hands, she would dissociate herself totally from all the companies whose cards she framed. But forgetting to give benryl to them is something unlikely to happen with her, she never wants them to remember what she did with them.’
‘Anyhow we see it, we still need physical proofs like you rightly said.’

Dan sat upright and took a quick glance at his wristwatch. ‘We’ve got to see that officer that was with the senator when he was attacked,’ he said.

‘We were told he’s conscious already, let’s wait till we’re called that he’s fit enough to talk to us.’



05:30pm
INSPECTOR KEHINDE’S RESIDENCE, ASADAM.
‘So, he didn’t tell you about anyone visiting his house midnight that day?’ Dan asked Inspector Kehinde. Dave watched in silence while Dan conducted the interrogation.
All three were seated in Inspector Kehinde’s residence. The Inspector had been discharged from the hospital few hours ago and had gone straight to his house to take a rest. The Secret Agents had gone to meet him at home without prior notice, cutting short his rest.

‘I believe he was planning to but he didn’t get there before the man who attacked us came in,’ Inspector Kehinde replied.
‘What are the things he told you before the man came?’ Dan questioned further.
‘He was only talking about how he needed to tighten his security as the election approaches and that he’d like if I lead his security team or recommend someone to do it,’ Kehinde answered.

‘And that was all you guys discussed?’
‘Yes, that was what we discussed until the interruption.’

‘So, do you think the attacker was sent by Samantha Osman?’ Dan asked.
”Ermm…’ the man’s face twitched a little bit uncomfortably. ‘The officers who got his remains already confirmed that they got it in Samantha Osman’s car.’
‘But do you think that is accurate?’
‘Of course, it is. I believe they made such declaration with necessary proofs and I don’t even have a say in it because I was in the hospital while all that happened.’
‘Alright,’ Dan said and took in a breath. ‘What else do you have to help us with?’

‘I’m afraid I have nothing else, I have no other information apart from the one I’ve given you.’

‘Okay,’ Dan replied. He adjusted himself on the seat and flashed a look at Dave. Dave shrugged as a signal to him. ‘Thank you so much Inspector Kehinde, we would like to take our leave now,’ Dan said and got up to his feet. Dave followed suit.


‘It’s my pleasure sirs,’ Kehinde said and got up to shake the men’s hands. He followed them to the door and opened it for them. ‘Rest well sirs,’ he said and bowed slightly as Dan stepped out first. Dave stopped briefly at the entrance and turned to look at the Kehinde again. Kehinde frowned as their eyes met, feeling uncomfortable with the stare. ‘Till we see again Inspector,’ Dave said with a smile before stepping out to join Dan.

‘I still believe the lady that visited them at midnight wasn’t Samantha,’ Dan said as they stepped into the car.

‘That’s the most logical thing to believe right now,’ Dave said in reply, even though he didn’t believe. He stepped into the passenger’s side and closed the door. He knew the Inspector was hiding something and he needed to find out what that thing was.
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