Tiit For Tat - S02 E05

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Tiit For Tat - S02 E05

Read Story: SEASON 2 EPISODE 5

Reconciliation in the nick of time

It is not “forgive and forget” as if nothing wrong had ever happened, but “forgive and go forward,” building on the mistakes of the past and the energy generated by reconciliation to create a new future. …Alan Paton.

[Mike’s Point of view ]

After our account was blocked, I nearly lost a hope of funding the organisation.

We tried to contact another rich and corrupt man out of the blue by email, letter, text message and through social media.

We told him an elaborate story about large amounts of our money trapped in banks during the Nigerian civil war. We told him to help us retrieve the money and offered him a large chunk of the money.

We were planning to ask him for his bank account details to ‘help us transfer the money’ and use this information to later steal his funds.

Then we tried another strategy. We told another man we met online that we had a large inheritance that is ‘difficult to access’ because of government restrictions and taxes in Nigeria.

We offered him a large sum of money to help us transfer our personal fortune out of the country. Hmmm. He also block us.

We intended to ask him to pay charges or taxes to ‘help transfer “our money” out of the country’ through his bank.

We planned on telling him to pay a small amount. If paid, we may make up new fees that require payment before he can receive his reward. We will keep asking for more money as long as he was willing to part with it. He

will never be sent the money that was promised.As we were making progress, he blocked us.

To avoid early confrontation with the police, we decided to change our gameplan because I realised the scams were not working for us.

I saw how greatly diverse society was. A highly classed society. I saw a lot of pot bellied men living in luxury,driving the latest car, and having hundreds of subordinates and servants,buying food for their dogs with an amount some poor people will never see in their lifetime .

I saw a lot of men hussling in the hot sun to make a day’s meal while the rich sat in air conditioned cars,I saw the pure water sellers running after vehicles ,struggling to sell pure water to survive. I saw the head porter carrying the heavy loads of the rich while all that they carry was the newspaper. I saw the rich exploiting the poor yet no one talk about it. A foolish rich man is more reached than a poor wise man.

That’s why scammers target the rich.

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In Nigeria, scam is intricately woven into the fabric of the society. Most people didn’t understand the ” 419″ aspect of the scam.

The ‘419’ part of the name comes from the section of Nigeria’s Criminal Code which outlaws the practice.

Criminal Code Section 419 states: “Any person who by any false pretence, and with intent to defraud, obtains from any other person anything capable of being stolen, or induces any other person to deliver to any person anything capable of being stolen, is guilty of a felony, and is liable to imprison

ment for three years.”

I was in consultation with Leo on how to go about the funding of the gang when I heard my phone ringing. It was Sheila.!!!

I was afraid. It all came flooding my brain. That night she was entrapped in her father’s secret room. Did she really survive it?

Nervously, I picked it.

“Hello Mike,”Sheila said .

H-H-H-e-l-o-o,S-s-heila”

“I want to see you ”

Cold shivers ran down my spine and beads of sweat broke my forehead.

“Where,”I asked

In the temple of the great Haragon right now, she commanded.

“Why the temple, what are you doing there? ”

Just come. I will explain when you come here.

I called four of my body guards Flexion, Thunder, Cozbi and Malpass to escort me. We boarded a car and headed towards the temple.

I arrived at the Great Temple of Haragon sooner than I thought.

Quickly I entered the temple only to see Sheila and her father Toby! waiting for me.

“Sheila, what is the meaning of this and why do you invite me to see your father,” I thundered and turned round to leave.

Then Sheila said,” he’s the solution to your Financial Problems. If you keep trying to scam people on the internet, you will be arrested by the Economic and Organized Crime Unit.”

I turned round and looked at Sheila,really Stunned. Surely, Sheila had the third eye.

She still possessed her magnetic appeal. A beauty no man can resist. If anything, her beauty became more sharper. The priesthood gown did nothing to hide her curves.

Her father had surely initiated her into occultism.

Having said that , I sat down.

Sheila explained to me how she ended up as a priestess.

Mr. Toby apologized to me for attempting to kill me that day.

What if his men were to catch me that day? They would have finished me and I would have been history. Nevertheless I also reasoned that my escaped was facilitated by God. If not because of that , how could I have managed to outwit his guards.

Suddenly, Toby went on his knees and said, “Son, “I beg you. I knew I could have killed you that day if I were to catch you but God knew why you managed to escape.

It’s for a reason and I believed the reason is now.”

To have one of Nigerian’s Billio

naires knelt down before me was quite mesmerising. I told him I have forgiven him. Afterall, he had acknowledged he was wrong. Then he said something that melt my heart, ” Son, I’m prepared to use half of my worth on your gang to ensure that Zolabin is brought down. I assure you. I will sponsor your gang with money.

All I need from you is to deliver on your mandate. In case of Trouble, My personal lawyer will defend you. His name is Okeke George.”

I thanked him for his efforts but told him, ” Zolabin will surely be brought down but you need to watch your back. Zolabin is dangerous. He will strike you when you least expected.”

After our reconciliation, he suggested his daughter Sylvia should be in charge of accounting in my group since she had a high knowledge in that field. I welcome the idea with joy. It’s time to leave.

Now My Vacant positions were almo filled.

Back home, Mr. Toby’s Desire to sponsor my gang stunned me. To think the same man was after my life some months ago. Life is seriously unpredictable.

I remembered the quote of Desmond Tutu, “True reconciliation is never cheap, for it is based on forgiveness which is costly. Forgiveness in turn depends on repentance, which has to be based on an acknowledgment of what was done wrong, and therefore on disclosure of the truth. You cannot forgive what you do not know.”

To prove his commitment to his words, he funded my group with a huge sum of money to buy the equipment and devices that will facilitate the execution of our plans. It was obvious to me Toby and Zolabin had become Mortal enemies.

Something happened the following week that helped consolidate the trust Toby and I began building.

Afterall, it’s only action that can prove the words you said to be true especially when that action come in the nick of time.

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What happened.

Watch out for EPISODE 6 of TI^T FOR TAT.