The Guardians - Season 1 - Episode 95

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The Guardians - Season 1 - Episode 95

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Ifeoma muttered to no one in
particular;
“What is going on there? Who
put her in front of a press
conference?”

Kuyi who looked as shocked
as Ifeoma did but he did not
move said;
“Are you serious or this is
some kind of joke? She is
supposed to be hiding not
displaying herself to the
whole world or did they think
this would not be televised?”

Quadri did not react: he
looked satisfied enough that
the president was safe but he
could also not understand
why she was addressing the
press. Kuti looked back into
the controls as he struggled to
find the volume controller so
they can listen to what she is
saying.

“Can you turn the volume up a
little bit Kuyi” Ifeoma said
“No one wants to do that
more than me believe me. This
place was not designed to be
an entertainment centre”
He finally found the controls
and he turned it up to the
fullest and the president’s
voice came through the
speakers;

“And from Tetuan, I and the
extraction were flown into the
country in darkness by an
operation planned by the
combination of the
Directorate of Military
Intelligence and the Defense
ministry. I stand her, my life is
in danger. The presidential
office in Abuja been held by
this renegade soldier and it is
possible that they have
hostages. We don’t know
what their plans are yet but
we intend to make sure
theydon’t.”

She paused and looked at the
press who were too delighted
to be getting what seemed
like the story of the century
and they could not even
believe that they were getting
it live. Most of them had called
their studios that the
president was addressing
them and they were not
believed. Most of their studios
just decided to wait and
watch what would happen
but the Lagos state television
had the capacity to show it
the conference live anyway so
immediately she got on the
podium, they switched their
programming to it and all
other stations joined in.

The cameras kept flicking
away as they all struggled and
tried to get the best angle to
capture reaction images and
also the way the president
stood, talked and the way she
acted. These were stuff that
would make the web pages of
their official websites and also
the front pages of
newspapers all over the
country the next morning.

The lights kept getting into
the president’s eyes and for a
moment, she blanked out due
to fatigue and stress but she
suddenly snapped out of it
and continued;
“We have tried to
communicate with these
people but they have turned
down all of our talks and are
bent on carrying on with
these treasonable acts. The
very fact that they attempted
to take the life of the
president is grounds enough
for them to be labeled
terrorists and taking the
Presidential villa also says that
they do not intend to stop or
go back on their attacks. As a
result of this, I am forced to
take steps to ensure the
continuation of our
democracy and also make
sure that the country does not
fall into complete anarchy”
She took a deep breathed in
and out and held on to the
podium for support, and she
continued;
“I am announcing the
immediate termination of the
functions of all service chiefs
and that of the inspector
general of police. I am also
announcing the placing of all
security outfits under the
control of the minister of
defense. She will be
coordinating all the actions of
all military and paramilitary
bodies until further directions
from the office of the
president and I am making a
passionate appeal to all
military officers who have
been forced to join this
criminal act to come forward
with information on how we
can stop these attacks on the
nation. I am also appealing to
the nation to keep calm as we
are in charge of issues and it
will be dealt with soon
enough”

As soon as she said that, she
took another time to breathe
and then she resumed;
“I realize that a lot of people
afraid and a lot of people
might be worried as the
democracy we have fought
for all these years is about to
be taken and shoved into the
ground but we will survive
this and this is just a time to
test our strength and our
resolve to stay true to
ourselves. It is in time like this,
that we come out strongest
and we stand up above all
obstacles and we will
continue to be a nation but
that will only happen if we
stand up to oppressors and
bullies and decide that we
would not be forced to accept
and bow down to their wiles”