The Guardians - Season 1 - Episode 14

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The Guardians - Season 1 - Episode 14

He continued;
“We should talk with Lucas
one more time and let him see
reason and let him know that
this path he has taken is not a
really smart one. This is in the
range of a declaration of war
and I don’t think Tetuan has
the resources to go to war
with Nigeria right now”

Afe’s voice came through at
this point;
“Hold on a minute people, we
are talking about what to do
next and the NSA is here
hinting war, has anyone
talked about chain of
command here? Has the Vice
President been notified?
Because unless I missed
something, he is supposed to
be in charge of this situation”
Ifeoma replied;

“The Vice president was in
Kano when this came in and
he has been told. He is on his
way to Abuja right and the
law might state that the vice
president is in charge but he
still has to take advice from
the military chiefs on what to
do.”

“Okay so what do we do?” Afe
said.

“Because I still believe this is
the biggest joke in all history.
No one holds captive the
Commander in Chief of a
country which is capable of
turning your country into an
inhabitable desert. It defiles
logic”

They were still arguing when
Ifeoma’s phone rang and the
room fell quiet. Her voice over
the phone was almost a
whisper as she said;
“Are you sure of what you are
saying?” she paused as her
eyes roamed around the room
and she said;
“Patch him in”

She hung up and she said;
“Lucas Randolosema wants to
speak with us via satellite. I
have requested that the call be
routed here so we can all hear
what he has to say”

The screen came on and the
image of Lucas came on the
screen and he said;
“Good afternoon. I do believe
it is afternoon there”

There was no reply from the
conference room as they were
not sure what to say as Lucas
spoke again;
“I understand the situation
here and you must think I am
unserious and have no idea
what I am doing but believe
me, I do. I have planned this
well and I don’t intend to fail”
Then Kuyi replied;
“Okay we get your point, you
have the president and all,
what is it you want exactly?”

“Well I don’t think I am
familiar with who I am talking
to so if you don’t mind, I think
introductions will be
necessary”

Kuyi who was calm sat back in
his chair and said;
“I don’t think introductions
are necessary right now. Your
not knowing me is no fault of
mine neither is it yours. Let’s
just get this over with as soon
as possible and we can go
back to not knowing one
another”

“Well you should watch how
you talk to me. Whether you
like it or not, I still have your
Commander in Chief and I can
do whatever I like with his”

The COAS cut in;
“You think you can do
whatever you like but you
actually can’t. you do realize
that we can decide to flatten
your palace with you in it
right now”

Lucas smiled and said;
“I like how you threaten but
remember that doing so will
also get your president killed
and I don’t think that is
something any of us wants”

“Okay everybody keep calm”
The NSA said. “What exactly do
you want?”
“What I want is quite simple.

Your country has more than
7,500 troops, tanks, and a
couple of military helicopters
on Tetuan soil and I want
them gone”

“That’s it?” Buba said. “We
should up and leave? You
could have just said that
before the President came
there and this whole issue
would not come up”

“You seem to be missing the
point here, when I say I want
your troops gone, I mean I
want them gone with the
exception of their weapons.
They are to drop all their
weapons and materials and
they will be allowed to get on
planes and they will be
allowed to get on transport
planes back home without
harm and the president will
also be released. I understand
the difficulty in what I have
askedfor and hence I give you
two hours to come to a
decision. Please do this fast.
Thank you”

With that, the screen went
blank again and the room fell
into an unusual silence

The NSA was the first person
to talk as he sat back into his
chair and said;

“At least we now know for
certain that Lucas Radosolema
has lost what little mind he
has left. He expects us to just
drop our guns, tanks and
move out of his country like
that? He must have had
something slipped into his
drink.”

Ifeoma stood and walked to
the front of the room as she
looked around the faces of
everyone there she wished
one of the Generals will at
least say something but they
remained quiet and deep in
thought then the
Commandant of the Palace
Guards spoke up’

“Is there a way we can give
him what he wants? Like is it
possible we concede to his
demands and just pull out like
that so he can release the
president?”

Buba replied him cooly;
“His demands are
unreasonable. A major
deployment like that can only
be done under the orders of
the office of the president and
even at that, it is silly at best.”
One of the members of the
Risk managementteam in the
room said;
“If the order can only be given
by the president, then the Vice
President could act in his
stead and give the order since
it is to prevent the loss of the
president’s life”

Buba replied him without
looking back;
“It will be better if you do not
talk in matters like this. It will
be even better if you think
through anything you say
before saying themso you
don’t say things which make
you appear brainless”

“And why is the suggestion
brainless?” The Inspector
general of police asked
The Chief of Air staff
answered

“The same reason you do not
sell the guns given to you to
protect the citizen to the same
criminals you are protecting
them from.The same reason
every military personnel is
taught to watch over his
weapon with all diligence and
make sure he does not lose it”
Kuyi cut in;

“Lucas has always spoke
about crushing the rebels and
launching an offensive against
them. he even tried to get us
to join his plans and fight
beside him as he marches into
their stronghold in the south
so he can have total control of
the country but we have
always decided to maintain
the peace and bring both
parties to negotiate peace and
if he getshis hands on the
weapons we have on his
Tetuan soil, we might have
helped him achieve his dream
not forgetting the thousand s
of innocent lives that will be
lost, how the entire West
Africa might be destabilized
and we might be looking at
an humanitarian crises bigger
that anything we have
handled except this time we
will be part of the problem.”

Then Afe added his part;
“Not to talk of the fact that
our official policy is not to
negotiate with terrorists, mad
men and war lords. With what
I am seeing, Lucas fits into the
category of the three of them
so I personally will not advise
we do that.”

The member of the risk
assessment team said;
“Can’t we play along and act
like we have handed them
over and then when the
president is released we go
back there and get them
back?”

Now Buba was getting pissed;
“It will make more sense if we
don’t put ourselves in that
situation for now as the
situation will get messy if we
do that. But on a more serious
note, where do they find you
people anyway?”
Ifeoma spoke up at this point;
“I sent a recording of the
demands to the Vice
president. He should be here
any minute from now”
Afe said;

“I don’t get this, why did we
not wait for him to get here
before starting this meeting in
the first place?”
“Because it will be a lot better
if he came and we already
have solutions for him. This is
something we have not seen
before and it will be better if
we knew how to deal with it.”

Tope Adesanya the Director
General of the SSS cut in;
“This might sound like
something you have never
handled to you before but to
me, it is all the same. I deal
with situations like this every
day and they are the same but
one thing is sure here and it is
the fact that we cannot, allow
Lucas dictate what we do to
him. somehow we have to
take charge of this situation
and we have to turn the tables
around if this issues is to end
well”

He finished and the door to
the conference opened as the
Vice President entered.