The Activist - Season 1 - Episode 40

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The Activist - Season 1 - Episode 40

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As he got close enough to take a peek at what they were doing, Tade stood up and shook Soji. The expression on Soji’s face gave out the unexpected nature of the ending of their conversation. However, he refused to complain, especially as two ladies saw Tade and called his attention to them. Tade quickly jogged to where they were and the trio walked into the department.

Sunday saw what transpired and could not make head or tail of it. He decided not to follow Tade upstairs, as he could attract suspicions of his motives. Instead he followed Soji as he took a walk back to SUB bus-stop. He trailed him to his house and then called Dotun
“Boss, I get fresh news.”

After Tade had seen the two ladies off, helping them with some classwork, he peeped from the stairs to see if the strange fellow had left. He was already getting to the core part of identifying Shodipo’s role in the whole process when he noticed the figure silently approaching him. Normally the movement won’t have warranted any suspicion for other students come but when he weighed all he was seeing and the fact that this was a top investigation, he decided that he won’t take any risks.

He quickly stood up to dismiss Soji and fortunately for him those two girls came along. Now that he has concrete evidence that Dotun is involved, he had to see that DPO
He first called Chuks.

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Wale tossed on his bed for the umpteenth time. The advised visit of the psychologist by Nifemi was not favorable. In fact, it served as a irritant to him and he just had to smile for her sake.

He thought of how long he had to pretend like he liked any of her suggestions when he was annoyed or disgusted by them. Normally he would have argued against the psychologist cynical view of his dreams but Nifemi kept nudging him to keep quiet and he did. Now that he thinks of it, that dream had really haunted him for too long, caused too much stress and trouble for him, for them. His family. That family he supposed to have- with Clara.

Now looking at Nifemi up close, he decided that no matter how fantastic a lady may be when you first see her, she will always have flaws. Clara was always the ever-stuck optimist and an addict to her religion. She won’t give up on anything, even if all evidence points to it crumbling. That attribute is good if you were a start-up guy or just getting your first pay-check. But for a man of his means, who seemed to have climbed so far in such a short period. He needed something more exciting, more interesting. A woman with stronger bedmatics maybe?
Or maybe that’s what he wanted. Maybe that’s what drove him to Nifemi. That the single thing that drove him to Nifemi.
Adventure!

God! He really hated himself right now. Nifemi was exciting, but stupidly dirty. Very dirty! It was the third time he was cleaning the house and Nifemi will not accept a house-help, boy or girl.

And it irritated him. IT IRRITATED HIM! He loved neatness and Clara was neat. Very Neat! Nifemi can cook, which was a relief. But her cooking can never equal that of Clara. And it annoys him.

“God help me!” He said to the skies
Tade was soon at the station, with Chuks.
“Who recorded this?” The DPO asked.

“A course mate, probably heard that I was helping out and decided to show me.”
“Why you? Why can’t he report to the police all this while?”

“I am the class representative of my class. Probably he thought he was safer with me. Besides he did not know what kind of treatment he will get from the police. ”
“Hmn. Why is it that you young people don’t take the police seriously, nor do you trust them?”

Tade and Chuks looked straight at him, not saying anything but knowing the answer to what he was saying. Nigerian Police has a reputation not to be trusted.

“Okay, so what do you know about this Dotun?” He asked them. Both hesitated, but Chuks finally spoke.

“Dotun is a cultist who had an axe to grind with Ronke. He is highly feared by students in the school and lecturers in my department. He is likely very dangerous. I know nothing else.” Chuks said.

“Fine, that will do. You have been very helpful, Messers Tade and Chukwuma.” He stood up. “We will definitely arrest him.”

As the two friends left, they felt a relief like a burden had left them. Yet they had a lingering fear.

The kind of person Dotun was, he won’t be in prison for long and then what next?
Because he will come after the person who exposed him.

Sunday had watched Soji from his house. If anything hd alerted him that Soji had valuable information on what happened, the fidgety nature of his movements and gestures gave him out the more. What’s more, two police officers were watching over the house like guardian angels, so he knew that Soji had something he wanted.

He had called Dotun, who obviously asked him to bring Soji in that day. However with police presence around the house, he could not just go in a kidnap him.

Soji, unaware of the danger around him, decided he needed to get some bread some blocks away. He walked out of the house and went straight off to where he needed the bread.

He got the bread but did not get back to his house.