The Bonny Island Massacre - S01 E26

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The Bonny Island Massacre - S01 E26

Read Story: SEASON 1 EPISODE 26

Mathias: “I have reason to believe that this trial has been compromised. I demand that it be called off, and a new trial set” he stood up and said, hoping to buy time in order to get back the camera, even though he did not know where to start. The government was a faceless entity, he didn’t know who to accuse.

Judge: “Are you say I should recuse myself from the case, are you saying I am corrupt?” he yelled, his face becoming red with anger.

Mathias: “I am not saying that, my Lord. All I am saying is our evidence was stolen, someone wants my client to hang for a crime she did not commit” he exclaimed.

Judge: “I am warning you counsel, do not make me hold you in contempt of the court” he said.

Mathias: “The plane crash was a ploy to get me, and when that failed, they stole the evidence”

Judge: “Arrest him!” he said and two constables went over to Mathias and handcuffed him. They took him away while Yvonne watched helplessly, “I will not permit such in my court, and this case is adjourned tomorrow. As for you, Miss Ngegwu, you will be given a court assigned lawyer, he or she has between today and tomorrow to acquaint himself with the case” he said and hit the gavel with finality.

As people trudged out of the court, they pondered on what Mathias had said, some felt he was throwing wild accusations, so as to prolong the inevitable, which was the sentencing of his client. But there were others that wondered if there wasn’t an atom of truth in what he said. They also felt that the government was not being fair with the defendant, they wondered why a case would be adjourned for just a day and a new counsel would be brought on board. It seemed that, the government was making sure there was no way for Yvonne to escape. She began to garner pity among the masses.

Mira began to feel caged inside her house, her conscience did not allow her be, as it whipped her every moment. She watched the trial and willed that it came to completion, then perhaps her conscience would be silenced. She was determined that she would not jeopardize her own life because she wanted to say the truth.

“If I say the truth now, it is me, who will be sentenced to death. No!” she hardened her heart against her guilty conscience.

“I will go to Femi and let him understand everything, things will be alright when he knows I am his sister” she said and went to have her shower, after days without bathing.

Mira went to Femi’s house but met the house locked, then she went to his father’s house. With tentative steps, she climbed up the sloppy driveway. When she got to the door, before she could knock, the door flung open and Femi’s foster father glared down at her.

Femi’s father: “What have you come to do, you abominable human being?” he asked harshly.

Mira: “I am sorry sir, but I can explain everything” she pleaded

Femi’s father: “Explain what, that you are pregnant for your brother?” he thundered. Mira began to mutter something as tears rolled down her cheeks.

Mira: “I am pregnant but it is not for Femi” she said in a small voice, as she remembered what exactly happened.

It so happened that Mira had slept with one of her sugar daddies, who was against the use of condom, as he believed that throwing away a man’s seed (sperm) was sacrilegious in his religion. The gig had been for one week, and for that one week she continuously slept with the man.

When she found out she was pregnant, instead of aborting it as she was used to, a devious plan came up in her head.

“Mira baby, this pregnancy is an answer to all your questions, all you have to do is create a situation to pin this on Femi” the thought had crept into her mind.

So Mira had snuck her way into Femi’s life, under the guise of grieving for her friend.