The Guardians - Season 1 - Episode 69

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The Guardians - Season 1 - Episode 69

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Sometime later, the man heard
a familiar ring from deep in
his dreamless sleep and he
triedhis bed to ignore it but
the ringing was persistent. He
woke up and stretched his
right hand but it fell on the
girl on his side. Even from
where he was, the ringing
sounded distant and he sat up
to figure out where it was
coming from. He heard it
again and he looked towards
the closet in the corner. He
climbed on top of the girl on
his left and rolled out of bed
as he walked towards the
closet.

The door was opened, the
ringing continued and he saw
that the phone was in the
jacket he wore the night
before: the one he took offnot
long ago and he brought the
phone out. The number
displayed on the caller ID was
not one he was used to. Only
a few people had the number
to his private cell phone so
ithad to be an important call.

He put his hand on the virtual
answer button and raised the
phone to his ear as he
answered;
“Hello, who is this?”

A female voice answered;
“Kareem good morning, how
are you doing?”

“Who the hell is this?”
“Kareem, its Ifeoma”
Almost immediately, he
connected the name to his
voice and he remembered his
sister in-law who is the
minister of Defense

“What do you want? It is early
in the morning and I spent my
whole night in a security
meeting with my
commissioners over the
recent security issue here and
believe me, the last thing I
need right now is you on my
phone and how did you get
my phone number?”

“I am minister for defense, I
have a lot of numbers and
can’t we get beyond my
marriage to your brother?”

“You called me to patch up
differences at 3am? No
wonder you sent my brother
to his grave. I am going to
hang up now and go to bed
Ifeoma”

Suddenly her voice came back;
“Don’t hang up; I need your
help with something of the
utmost importance”

The man was curious
“What help can a mere
governor do the Minister of
Defense?”

“Kareem, what I am about to
tell you cannot be heard by
anyone else”

Kareem looked towards the
bed at the two ladies sleeping
peacefully on the bed and he
said;

“Hold on”
He walked into the bathroom,
locked the door and said;
“Okay, hit me”
“Kareem, there has been an
attempted coup”
Kareem thought and wished
he was dreaming right there
and then. Just when he was
getting used to democracy
coming to stay, a coup from
nowhere
“The military wants to be back
in power?”
“I am not sure but the
President was almost killed
today”

“I thought she was in
Tetuan?”
“That’s where it happened”
Kareem saw that the
conversation did not link up
to him and he asked;

“Okay so attempted means
they did not get her so she is
alive. How does this concern
me?”

“We don’t know who to trust
as I suspect that some high
ranking military personnel
might have been involved and
this is where you come in. We
are flying her into Lagos in
about 90 minutes and we
need you to pick her up and
tuck her away somewhere”
Kareem’s head spun around a
little;

“Do you know what you are
asking me? The military might
be following her if they want
her dead”

“I can assure you that they are
not”

“Okay if you want to fly her in,
don’t you think someone will
notice the presidential plane
at the Ikeja airport and the
customs will pick her up at the
airport?”

“We are not using the Ikeja
airport and she is not coming
with the presidential jet. She is
coming in with a small plane
with a small team”
“What do you mean she is not
landing in Ikeja? Is there
another airport I don’t know
off?”
“She will arrive at a landing
strip in Badagry: you and
some people should be there
to pick her up but you will
have to leave right now. I am
assuming you are at the office
in Alausa”
“ Okay, send me where I will
find her and I will be there”
Ifeoma said;

“Please go with only people
you can trust and be careful”
“I have to hang up now to
arrange for my cars and
everything else”
He hung up, dialed another
number and immediately it
connected he said;

“Meet me at the car park right
now, we have to be in
Badagry soon. And make sure
you arrange enough security”
He got a shirt and a pair of
jeans from the closet and he
was out of the door