Oga Martins - Season 2 - Episode 16

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Oga Martins - Season 2 - Episode 16

It was a week after the Engineer’s death, yet the tension in the air had not doused. Ada was yet to recover from the shock of the attack at the bank she had gone to with the late Engineer. The aftermath of the incident hit her so hard that she had to go on a leave with the hope it would ease the emotional trauma the robbery attack and the untimely demise of her client was causing her. Martins would never have wished the Engineer dead, but a part of him felt it was justice served. However, some stories had been making the rounds about the true identity of the Engineer which had got Martins utterly confused. Martins couldn’t tell if the person that was killed by the robbers was actually Engineer Adetukasi, or the media had got the incident at the bank all wrong.

It was a Saturday; Martins was watching TV in Deji’s living room, when Deji walked into the house.

“Welcome!” Martins greeted him.
“How far? What have you been up to?” Deji asked.

“Nothing much jare”
Deji handed Martins the newspaper he had bought on his way to the gym
“Check out the headlines at the far left corner of the page”

Martins gazed closely at the newspaper as he attempted to read out what Deji had brought to his notice.

The screamer read; “ MAN KILLED IN BANK ROBBERY WAS PA TO AK HOLDINGS BOSS.”
“That’s not possible naa! That dude was an Engineer. Why is the media getting this robbery ish… all wrong” Martins said.
“Guy why you dey talk like this now? Was it not just yesterday Punch disclosed his identity, abi na lie dem talk too? Both of them can’t be wrong naa. At least it proves that Aisha was probably using him to get back at you.”

“But why?”
“You dey ask me?”
“Ehn…but it still doesn’t explain the part where the same P.A was on the verge of buying a land worth millions of naira and the role Ada played in it. Was that still Aisha trying to get back at me for something that happened years ago?” Martins gave Deji something to ponder on.

“Well, I can’t really place that one…but you were the same person that said Aisha and Ada have a history.”

“Yes, I did say that, but…”
“Errr, maybe it was all part of the plan” Deji interjected.

“Deji, don’t you get? He would have still bought the land and enriched Ada all the same. Why would that be part of Aisha’s plan for an enemy?” Martins’ thoughts sprang to life again

“How can? Where P.A for get that kind money now?”

“Probably he was doing the deal for his boss”

“The same boss wey just buy how many plots of land for una hand? Haba! Na so money dey scratch am? Look, the only person that can solve this riddle is Aisha. Call her and tell her you want to see her to clarify some things.”

“She said she never wants to see me again, remember?” Martins said in opposition to Deji’s suggestion.
“Abeg call am first joor…” Suddenly, Martins’ phone rings on one of the glass-crafted stools close to the divan couch he was seated, in the living room. His pupils dilated on seeing the caller ID on his screen.

“Speak of the devil!” Martins exclaimed.
“Aisha?” Deji asked in awe
“Yes oh!”
“Na lie!”
“See as God dey work” Martins said.
“Pick am now!”
“Relax, make the thing ring small”
“Bomb dey your head ni? Guy pick this thing joor” Martins slowly reached on to the glass-crafted stool for his phone as he answers his call.

“Hello!”
“Martins! ” Aisha’s voice echoed from the other end of the line
“Please, I need to see you now!” She sounded panicky.

“I beg your pardon?” Martins is befuddled. He pressed the receiver against his ear. “Aisha are you okay, or is it the network that is making your voice a bit shaky?”
“Are you home?” The voice at the other end stuttered.

“Yes…but, Aisha you’ve not answered my question. Have you been crying?”
“Martins you are asking too many questions. Please can I see you? You can give me your address or something…I need to see you” She managed to complete the sentence.
“I’m coming, let me call you back” Martins ended the call.

“Why you end the call naa? How far? Wetin happen?”

“Baba, cool down naa. Why your blood dey hurry? See as you dey ask me question like say my name dey Buhari ministerial list, you be senator ni?”

“No be your fault naa, the babe don dey worry for your matter again, na him make your mouth dey miss yan abi?”

Martins began to type something on his phone. “Make I give am your address?”
“Wait! She wan come?” Deji asked alarmingly.

“Yes oh! She wan come here”
“ She doesn’t know we stay together?” Deji quizzed
“Remember you told me not to tell her back then, so I never did”
“Aisha is coming here?” Deji said to no one in particular, as he grinned from ear to ear. He instantly rises from his seat in an attempt to leave the sitting room.

Martins is confused at Deji’s reaction. “Deji, where are you going to?”

“I need to go refresh, wouldn’t want our August visitor to see me in my gym outfit”
“But I haven’t told her anything yet”
“What do mean you haven’t told her anything yet?” Deji turned to stare hard at Martins.

“Dude relax! You are getting worked up already.”

“Talk naw!” Deji grows impatient while Martins kept mum “Dude call her back abi, kini big deal? Moreover, were you not typing the address on your phone just now?”
Martins nods his head. He still stares blankly at Deji.

“Dude, what’s your problem naa? Call her now or send a text. Remember she has the answer to this your riddle. This is your golden chance to put the Engineer’s puzzle to rest. I‘ll be with you in a jiffy”

“Oh my God! This dude is still in love with this babe, after all these years?” Martins said in unbelief. His lips parted momentarily as he tries hard to comprehend his new findings.
“God! Am I missing something? How much more drama do you have in store for me?”