The Guardians - Season 1 - Episode 16

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The Guardians - Season 1 - Episode 16

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Buba said;
“I hope we all realize the
consequences here”

“Which are?” Quadri asked
“A slight mistake and we
could be responsible for the
death of the president. Just
one slip up somewhere, a
shot fired where it should not
be and Lucas might just
decide to execute her”

Tony said;
“He executes her and this
takes a different side Buba, if
he as much as touches her,
we have troops down there
and make sure he pays for
this. We have planes down
there anda naval ship is in the
area. This is a decision that
we have to take and make
sure we execute fast. You
have to agree that with the
amount of troops we have
down there the most difficult
part will be getting in and
getting to the president and
getting her out. Once they
have done that, we can have
troops move into the palace
move her behind our lines
and send her back home.

Then we cn see how tough
Lucas thinks he is.”

Buba said;
“All these sound good but we
are here making plans already
without hearing for
theperson who should make
the necessary arrangements.
The DMI has to be confident
that they can carry this out
first”

All eyes fell on Kuyi and he did
not seem bothered at all. He
starred back at them and said;
“We have already set up a
team from the troops in
Tetuan studying the
Blueprints of the presidential
palace. We have also
contacted members of the
hostage rescue team from the
SSS and will be flying them to
Tetuan soon.”

The Vice president said;
“I am sure we all realize that
you must have made plans to
do this immediately you heard
but what we need to know is
if this can happen with
minimal risk to the President”
“I am sure that is the job of
the Risk management team sir
but with the resources at my
disposal, it will be a piece of
cake to walk into the
presidential palace in Tetuan
and get her out but after that,
things might go south as the
army might come after the
men and that is where we will
need the troops down there.
Since Lucas wants them out,
we could get them prepped
up as thought they are
packing but make them pack
to march out. Our planes
should be ready to take to the
air in seconds because once
the men get out of the palace,
hell should be let loose against
Tetuan so Lucas does not
have the will to follow us.”

Kuyi paused and he looked
towards Ifeoma and then
towards the NSA. Ifeoma said;
“All these is subject to your
approval sir as right now, you
are the only one with the
authority to give a go ahead”

The Vice president looked
towards the NSA and said;
“Peter, your military advises
have helped this nation a lot,
what do you think?”
Peter took no time to
respond;
“If Kuyi thinks he can get her
out, then I am confident he
can. But the Army and air
force will have to do a really
good job of covering them
once they are out of that
palace which I think they are
capable of doing. So if you ask
me, I will confidently advise
that we do that sir”

The Vice president took a
deep breathe and said;
“Who will be in charge of this
operation if we decide to go
forward with it?”

Ifeoma answered;
“It will be a DMI operation but
they will be supervised by my
office and I will also ensure
the perfect synchronization of
the Army and Air force for
support and I will report to
you directly. I will have a
command center from here
which you can monitor from
the state house directly”.

Afe cut in;
“You sir will also have to
maintain a face in front of the
press as we don’t want this
blown out of propotion”

The Vice president sat back
into his chair andsaid;
“Okay go ahead. Bring her
back home” and he got up
from the chair as he walked
out

As the vice President walked
out, a calmness envelope the
room as each official thought
deeply about the mission
ahead and the part they will
be playing in the events that
would follow. No one spoke
for some seconds and then
Buba broke the silence;
“You mentioned you have a
team being prepared already,
when do they touch down in
Tetuan and how do they go
about their duties? I would
love to know the logistics so I
can get prepared for this
whole thing. We have a map
of the Tetuan capital and can
describe the best way to get
in and out of thecity but the
palace will be the issue of the
DMI completely” he said
looking towards the Minister
for Defence.
“I don’t think you need to
worry about that General; Kuji
replied. My men will touch
down there, we have pulled a
team consisting of the DMI,
SSS and the DSS to carry out
the extraction, what we will
need the army to is provide
cover for them once they are
out of the palace. As you are
aware some of my menare
already in Tetuan and they will
be joined there”

“The Chief of Naval Staff said;
“But would it not be better if
the Men of the Army took the
lead here? I mean they are
trained in war and tactics for
things like this. We can even
have the special forces carry
thisout instead of wasting
time assembling a new team
briefing them and sending
them over to Tetuan”

Tope said;
“But you seem to forget that
the special forces might have
been trained in hostage
situations but they don’t have
the experience the members
of this squad will have; the
advantage they have is
experience in fightingand
their chance will come but this
extractionhas to be kept as
quiet as possible and with the
smallest error, a shot when it
is not needed, someone being
where he should not be could
cost the president her life and
that might cause the lives of a
lot of people on Tetuan
because I know that would
lead to a declaration of war;
that’s if a declaration of war
does not happen the moment
she gets back home”

“This mission will be a joint
one, with everyone playing a
part but majorly, it will be the
DMI running things until she is
safe and then you military
boys, can take over and do
your thing” Ifeoma said.
She looked towards Tony
Udais and said “We will be
needing some transport at the
Abuja airport immediately as
we need to fly some boys to
the war ship off the coast of
Tetuan immediately. From
there they can get to the coast
by boats and meet up with
the team from already on
ground there”

“When will you be needing
the transport ma’am?”
“As soon as possible.” She
said and she turned to face
everyone else;
“Please lets all work together
here and this is beyond being
an order. This has to go
without error and let’s keep
the Chief of Defence staff in
our prayers; I was told he
goes to surgery today”

With that, the room started
getting empty as ifeoma went
to seat down. One after the
other they walked out each of
them knowing tht the next
few days would be very
demanding and they have to
put up their best
performance. Once outside
the conference room, the
personal assistants each went
towards their bosses and
there was little conversation
everywhere. The only two
people who remained in the
conference room were Kuyi
and Ifeoma. Ifeoma said;
“The team has being arranged
right?”

“The last two are the SSS boys
and they should have touched
down at the Nnamdi Azikwe
airport from where they will
pick up some other members
including supplies and head
out for the NNS Owuro. The
will be briefed during the
flight there”

“What of the DMI agents in
Liberia? Will they be involved
in this mission?”

“I wish they could Ify, but
those agents can’t just leave
that country like that, the last
message we got from them
told me something huge
might happen soon and they
still don’t know what or when
it will happen”

“So you want to put the
security of another country
over your CiC’s life?”

“I can’t do that, but they can’t
be pulled out immediately, if
Liberia falls back into a civil
war, it will take a lot of lives
and resources to bring it back.

but don’t worry, these guys
will do just fine, we already
have the blueprints to the
presidential palace in Tetuan
and the Palace guards have
found out where she is held
so it is just a matter of get in
and get out”

“And you are sure your boys
can snatch her without them
knowing?”

“It won’t be their first time of
grabbing a human being from
somewhere and I don’t see
this one being any different.”
Kuyi said.

He got up and walked
towards the door, looked
back and said;
“Go home Ifeoma and get
some rest, your face is
beginning to shrink” and he
walked out closing the door
gently behind him.

Ifeoma looked around the
room and said to herself;
“you have no idea how much
I would love to do that Kuyi
and perhaps have you come
along but sleep is not in my
program right now. I just
hope this does not become
something deeper” as she
relaxed into the seat of her
chair, her assistant entered
and said;