The Guardians - Season 1 - Episode 5

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The Guardians - Season 1 - Episode 5

IBK got out of the small sedan
he was driving and walked
slowly towards the bank
without stopping to look at
either side. He passed through
the crowd of eager on lookers
who were trying to get a
glimpse of what was
happening inside the bank
while the policemade the
crowd stand some distance
away from the bank so they
would be able to gather
whatever information they
could gather which might
help to catch the robbers. IBK
walked towards the bank and
when he got to the front of
the crowd, he was stopped by
a young policeman clutching
an automatic rifle;
“You cannot go beyond this
point”


IBK smiled at him and said;
“I just want another look at
what happened here, nothing
else”

The officer now getting
impatient said;
“The orders here are that no
one should cross this line so
move back or you would be
looking for more trouble than
you can handle”

IBK knew within himself that
the police officer was acting a
script but he just enjoys
playing with people and trying
to get them angry at him
because most people tend to
reveal who they really are
while angry. He reached into
his pocket and brought out an
identity cad card and handed
it over to the young officer.

The officer initially refused to
collect the card but he did
eventually and without
inspecting it twice, moved out
of IBK’s way as IBK kept
walking.

He walked up to another
officer and asked;
“Who is in charge here?” he
spoke and brought out the
same identity card at the same
time as the officer pointed to
a large man with a protruding
belly standing in one corner
barking orders to everyone
and IBK said……..

“That is him?”
“The officer stared at IBK
nervously and said;
“Yes sir, that’s him”

“Okay. Carry on with whatever
it is you are doing”

IBK walked to the large man
and walked through the
entrance of the bank. He
looked inside and shook his
head sadly as he saw the
security door on the ground.

He thought to himself;
“These people have been
taught how better to install
their darned doors but they
never listen. This is what they
get in return but at least the
bank is insured and they will
get their money back”

He got to the front of the
leader of the team who was
shouting into his phone to
someone who sounded like a
reporter;
“I have told you earlier, this is
an ongoing investigation and
for now, I have no comment.


If you want a briefing, you can
speak with the commissioner.

I am sure he will be glad to
answer any question you have
for him”

He hung up and looked at IBK;
“Yes, who are you and what
do you want? You’d better not
be another new reporter or I
will have you locked up”

IBK shook his head and said;
“If I was a reporter, you have
no right to lock me up; the
worst you can do if have me
removed from the crime scene
and nothing else. If you lock
me up, it is an abuse of office
and an infringement of my
rights as a citizen because I
am only doing my job to
inform the citizens as to what
is happening and what the
police is doing to catch the
criminals and make sure this
sort of thing does not happen
again”

The large man saw the sense
in what he said but he was
not about to be swayed by the
words of a reporter;
“By the time I lock you up for
a week, you will cry all you
want and there is nothing
anyone will do to me”

“That’s what you think. I can
always get a lawyer and sue
the Nigerian police in which
case you are likely to get fired
or at least, suspended. But
that is not the point of me
coming here neither am I a
reporter. I just need some
information from you
concerning what happened
here”

The police office looked at the
man in front of him surprised
that he could be referred to in
that tone and he said;
“Who are you? And why do
you want to know about the
robbery? You better start
talking now young man
before I have you arrested for
obstruction of justice”
IBK thought to himself;
“Not a very smart man but he
would be of use anyway”
He pulled his identity card
from his pocket and handed it
to the officer and the man
looked at the picture to
compare it with that of the
person standing in front of
him.

“Okay so you are a State
Security Service agent, what
do you want to know? Or you
want to take over this
investigation? I would like it if
you do as I will go home and
go spend the remaining of
this day on my bed”
IBK smiled.

“I am not taking over but I
was just curious about
something”

“And what will that be?” the
police shot back

“I saw that you shot some of
the robbers andI am hoping
that they left their guns
behind”

The officer did not allow him
finish before cutting in;
“If you want the guns, you will
have to apply through my
superiors. I am not about to
hand over those guns to you
just because you waived an
identity card in my face”

IBK was not even pissed at the
officer neitherwas he
surprised at his behavior, he
got this kind of treatment a lot
from policemen and he was
used to it.

“I don’t want those guns, I
just want their manufacturer’s
number at I am good. I realize
that you might not want to
give them to me now because
let’s face it, my ID card might
be fake but I will drop my
number and you can call my
office. When you have done
your confirmation, you can
send the numbers to me
through the contacts they give
you. But a word of advice,
better not play around with
this else it will be the end of
your career”

That said, IBK handed a card
to the man and he turned
back and walked away in the
direction of his car. He did not
really concern himself with if
they caught the robbers or
notas that was not his
concern but in the past few
months, he had been tracking
a series of high profile
robberies and they all seemed
to use the same type of guns.

He wanted to see if where the
guns were made was identical
so he would be able to draw a
pattern.

He barely got to his car when
his phone rang.He pulled up
along the road and checked
who it was and saw that it
was the deputy director in
charge of the South Western
operations,

“Mr Hassan, good morning”
“Good morning Ibukun, how
is your day going?”

IBK thought he was asking
about the bank robbery and
he said;

“I am coming from the scene
of the robbery, the police shot
two of them but one of them
is alive, I asked for the
number on the guns they
dropped so I can compare
with what I have with me, it
seems it is the same guns in
circulation and that is true,
then it means Chief Jegede
has been selling guns
imported in the name of the
Police to criminals”