The Guardians - Season 1 - Episode 129

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The Guardians - Season 1 - Episode 129

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He was actually hoping to
hear that sound but he did
not really believe that it would
come and he came back to
reality. He looked at the phone
on his laps which was still
ringing and he reached for it
and he pushed the green
button which connects the
phone and said;
“Hello, who is this?”
A cold voice he did not
recognize answer with some
level of uneasiness with it;
“Is this Governor Kareem?”
“Who is this and how did you
get this number?” Kareem
asked without surprise. In
cases like this, he did not find
it surprising that people close
to him might have given
outhis personal line to
members of the press
There was a little pause and
then the voice replied;

“This is General Buba
Rasak;Chief of Army staff and I
believe we have some things
to discuss”

Kareem sat up and his eyes
suddenly gained some
strength that he did not
believe he had.
“How did you get this
number?”
“Is that really important right
now? I found it expedient that
I speak with you and I found
ways to get to you; now can
we discuss the issues we
want to talk about? We don’t
have a lot of time”
Kareem felt his initial worry
reduce a little and he began to
find his voice;

“I don’t think we have
anything to even talk about
general so if you would
excuse me”

He was still talking when Buba
answered;

“I am still talking here Kareem,
I know you think that staying
on the side of the President
might help you career or
make you look good in front
of the camera but you need to
realizethat soon, she will not
be the leader and the person
we choose will be. That
person will control all the
nation’s resources, don’t you
think you should be on that
person’s side instead of
staying behind someone who
has been pushed out of her
house? You are a wise man,
think about it”

Kareem had expected the
general to say something
similar but he did not really
expecthim to be that blunt
about it. he took the phone
away from his cheek and hit
the record feature on the
screen and then out the
phone back to his ear;

“What do you want me to do
to get to this side you are
referring to?”

“We don’t want you to do
anything, just hand the
president over to our men
and that’s it, you will earn our
eternal gratitude.”
“I don’t quite understand you
general. I am suppose to hand
her over to who exactly
because I don’t see anyone
here but people loyal to her”
“I can have my men come
over to pick her up,all you
have to do is look the other
way”
“And how do I explain that to
the people of Lagos who
elected me into office general?
Tell them that you sweet
talked me into it or what?”
“Well you can say the soldiers
broke through your security
and took her by force”
“So in other words, you are
telling me to hit my face on a
wall and tell the whole country
that I gave the president up to
a bunch of thugs because I
was punched in the face? First
of all that’s silly and secondly,
that is just insulting. It seems
you people did not plan this
and you are just making
things up as you go which
makes you failures and I do
not and will never associate
with failures”
Buba replied;

“You seem to think we are
failures but on thecontrary,
we are the winners here, we
have the presidential villa and
almost all the militaryleaders
are with us”

“The presidential villa is just a
house, without the president,
it is nothing but stones and
sand. It is bad you don’t
realize that, I hope when
Ifeoma eventually catches up
to you, you would realize this”
“Look Kareem, Ifeoma cannot
catch us, we are beyond her
reach and as we speak, more
and more people are
supporting us. I am just
asking you this so that you
can hand her overwithout
getting hurt but since you
want to play it this way, I will
just send my men in andgrab
her by force” Buba threatened
“I dare you to come for her,
your men won’t even get past
the security at my gate”
He was expecting Buba to
reply with another threat but
instead, he heard some
movement on the other side
and then Buba said;

“Who are you and where are
you from” just before he hung
up.

Kareem looked at the phone
again and he checked his call
log as he looked for the
number Ifeoma used to call
him earlier and he pushed the
green button again to initiate
the call.