Tricia’s Nightmare – Episode 12c Kofo began to work contacts that had been built over fifteen years of police work. What she needed to find out was which of the police stations had that area of Surulere as their turf. Even amongst the police, for such raids and illegalities, they had a system of sharing territories amongst each other. She quickly found out, as she had guessed that the territory belonged to the Bode Thomas police station. Fortunately, the DPO of the station was a friend of hers. She would go and see him in person, since it was a bike-able distance. She got there ten minutes later and went straight to his office. He was a short, squat man with a disappearing neck and beaded eyes. The most pronounced feature on his face were thick lips that seemed to collide awkwardly when he spoke. It added a slight pop to his words when he spoke “Madam Kofo, to what do I owe this honor o. Since the light fom the first lady has shined on you, we no see your brake lights.” Kofo smiled pleasantly and exchanged some force banter with him for some seconds. But she wasn’t here for pleasantries and so she quickly moved the conversation to what she was there for. “Charles, there was a raid today, you know the normal bus raids, and it happened in your territory here on Adeniran. There’s someone that was picked in that raid that is my person. When I found out he was with you, I was happy, as you are also my personal person” DPO Charles was surprised. “Kofo, I can authoritatively tell you that there was no raid here, except these boys have been running things behind my back. But they won’t try themselves like that.” He called some of his men in and when they had all lined up against the wall like criminals set up for firing squad, he got up and walked menacingly towards them “Which of you bagas went out to raid in Adeniran Ogunsanya today? Because there was a raid and I didn’t authorize it. So it’s either one of you or one of you. Start talking!” One of the men said in a shaky voice “it was not our men sir. We heard it too after it happened.” “So,” Charles paused and waved a finger at the man, “if it wasn’t you, who would encroach on our area like that? you better have names or you will be sorry.” “They were from Panti sir,” the officer responded. “And why am I just hearing this now? So you just allow people come to your area and do as they like? Get out! I will deal with you people later.” The shuffled out quickly, almost stumbling on one another. Charles had returned to his seat. “Kofo, I’m sorry I cannot help you, your man isn’t here.” “Who is DPO at Panti?” she asked. “Unfortunately, its that foolish goat Tanko,” he responded “Oh shit! That’s almost a no no,” Kofo exclaimed. Tanko was anti two things – female police officers and people who were not from the north like him. “I can’t just walk into Tanko’s and bring someone out,” Charles mumbled. “The man is probably no longer in Tanko’s custody,” Kofo said evenly. “Oh, he has been released? So what is all this fuss about then?” he asked with a confused look on his face. “I am going to trust you Charles, because we go way back,” Kofo said. Charles sat up and Kofo briefed him on Teju helping her with a case she thought Saranja had interest in and how Saranja’s men had followed him just before the bus raid. “It definitely smirks of a smokescreen to capture your man. I have a boy in Panti we can call for information,” Charles said after she concluded her story. He dialed the number and put it on speaker. A thickly accented Igbo voice answered after two rings “Oga good evening o. Your boy is loyal.” “Pattison, how are you? I need to find something out quickly,” he interjected “the raid your people did today, have they released the people they brought in?” “Haaa, oga, you have heard sharp sharp. Yes, they’ve released the ones with ID cards, but the ones without will be here till tomorrow morning,” Pattison replied. “Was there any guy, mid-thirties, with Oyinbo accent amongst them?” Charles asked, and in the brief moment it took Pattison to respond, you could see the tension mixed with hope on Kofo’s face. “Yes oga, I remember that he said something that annoyed the constable that was checking them and they screened him last.” Kofo heaved a sigh of relief. “So,” Charles probed “did he have an ID card?” “Yes sir,” Pattison responded “Ha, so he must have been released along with the others,” Charles asked, smiling a relieved smile at Kofo. “Ha, oga, no o. they didn’t release him,” Pattison responded. Kofo nearly blanked out, but managed to steady herself to listen. “Why in the bloody hell didn’t they?” Charles shouted “One big oga enter with him boys and they took him away. From the man uniform, he is an AIG, serious big oga. The thing looks like a planned thing between Tanko and the Oga. But I just noted it and assumed that maybe the guy is an international criminal or something Episode 12d follows
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