The Guardians - Season 1 - Episode 13

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The Guardians - Season 1 - Episode 13

The minister for Foreign
affairs coughed somewhere
in the room out of disbelief
but he had learnt to keep his
mouth shut when it came to
military matters. He heard
what the spy chief just said
and to him it sounded like the
worst joke in the world but he
sat still and continued
watching since he was one of
the few civilians in the
conference room. The
remaining civilians were
mainly just risk management
teams who although had
military training they were
really not involved in the
handling of arms.

The COAS Rasak stirred in his
seat which was more of trying
to break the stifling silence in
the room. Every eye was
trained at the Kuyi and they all
watched him without
breaking their stare but for
occasional blinking which
they could not do without.
The water in front of each
person was untouched as a
mixture of shock and disbelief
ran through the room.

Kuyi walked to the front and a
thin part of the wall moved
sideways to reveal a screen as
the lights in the room was
dimmed. The screen came on
to show a man in foreign
military uniform sitting on a
large chair. He was flanked by
two men; one on either side
carrying automatic rifles.

Behind him was a wall
covered with the Purple and
gold flag of the Republic of
Tetuan. The man had his eyes
on the camera in front of him
and five seconds after the
screen came on, he started
speaking.

‘This is a message to the
leaders of the Federal Republic
of Nigeria. As you are
aware,your president is
visiting my country and he will
be here for the next two days
but there will be a slight
change of plans. The
presidentalthough came into
this country a free man and a
respected member of the
international community is as
of this moment, my
prisoner.He has not
committed any crimes but
Nigeria has. There is a list of
demands I have and I will be
telling you about them as time
progresses. I will like for this
to be resolved very fast and
quietly but I hope you realize
that sending in your military
will be a wrong decision since
I have my men all around him
and if I get the slightest hint
that there is a military
offensive, he will die. Have a
pleasant morning.”

The screen went off and the
lights in the room came back
on as everyone continued
their silence except this time,
most of them were not
looking at Kuyi but at Quadri
since the protection of the
President is the responsibility
of his office and they are
underoath to rather die than
whoever occupied that office
is hurt.

Afe was the first to speak up;
“I hope Mr Kuyi is not actually
expecting any of us to actually
believe that because I am not
for a second going to believe
that the President is being
held against his wish in
Tetuan”

Before Kuyi could reply, Quadri
answered from his seat his
voice filled with emotions and
regret as the feeling of failure
took over him;

“I am sorry but that is true. I
have been trying to get in
touch with the guards with
the president ever since the
message was received and
their communication sets
have been turned off. I have
people watching the palace as
part of protocol and they have
reported that the president is
being held within the Palace
and his movements have been
restricted to the chamber they
gave to him. His guards are
with him but they have been
disarmed and they can’t reach
out to call for help.”

He paused to look around the
room and then said;
“With the current events, I am
turning my resignation as I
have failed in my duties and
Ijust hope this issue can be
resolved without harm to the
president”

Kuyi replied;
“Forget all thoughts about
your resignation for now.

Let’s get this issues sorted out
and you can then decide to
resign”

The COAS (Chief of Army Staff)
said;
“I never knew Lucas
Radonsolema is mad. When I
met him, I knew he sounded
crazy but this is just madness.

How do you hold the
president of another nation
captive? Ignoringthe fact that
we already have troops on his
home soil keeping the peace
there and keeping the rebels
from the south from bringing
a reign of terror on him and
his cabinet”

Afe replied;
“This can’t be true. I really still
believe it is a big joke. I still
spoke with the president and
was on conference call with
him and the President of
Tetuan last night before going
to bed and everything was
fine. Maybe we should get in
contact with him and clarify
this issue”

Ifeoma answered;
“This is beyond clarification.
We have noticed military
movement around the palace
since this message was sent
to us. He is not playingaround
and he has fortified the palace
to ensure that we don’t make
any moves to rescue him”

“Okay, let’s slow down a little
and not talk of a rescue
mission until we have gotten
all the specifications right: the
NSA Peter Ogbonna answered