Episode 15
The whole Friday was used to bask in the relish of their near death escape. After dumping Ben at the hospital much to his chagrin, they all went to have a good night rest. Elvis dropped each of them at their respective residence before driving home. He slept soundly waking up around 10AM much to his dismay, the nightmare have stopped coming since the last time. He roused himself and prepared for work, tomorrow is the TBS bombing.
Work is already bustling, as each team are putting finishing touches to their preparations, last minutes updates are quickly passed across and each group memberâs duty is been assigned. Elvisâ group has no plan at the moment, Benâs still in the hospital and others are still exasperated from the events of the previous night.
He saw Timi pounding furiously at his keyboard, his glasses sitting grimly on his nose with his eyes glued to the monitor.
âGood morning Timâ how was your nightâ he greeted on getting to Timiâs desk
âGood morning sir, my nightâs greatâ Timi replied standing up in courtesy, something to which Elvis waved for him to sit down, he did.
âGood job yesternight, you did greatâ Elvis complimented.
Timi blushed in return.
Do guys blush?
âWhat are you doing?â He asked sitting on the desk, beside the computer set
âIâm trying to go through the data we downloaded yesterdayâ Timi replied, his fingers at work.
âAnything yet?â
âNothing of interest yet, just shipping documents, speeches and some other filesâ Timi replied.
âKeep it upâ Elvis said âReport back to me directlyâ he quickly added, not trusting anyone yet.
âOkay sirâ Timi replied.
âHas Dauda arrived?â
âNot yet sirâ
âStill hanging over yesterdayâŠâŠwhat time did you get to work?â
â8am sirâ
Elvis turned around shaking his head; it seems itâs easier to sit behind a computer; less stressful. He went to his office humming softly. His heart skipped a bit when he saw Ellie at her desk. She looked distant; her round smiling face did well to hide it, but not away from him. She seems unhappy too, like sheâs fighting something deep in her.
Maybe she felt for him too, she might have affections for him too, but sheâs engaged, engaged to someone else. What makes him so sure sheâs thinking of him?, moreover he never approached her, he never let her know how he felt, he never even know how he felt till the day he saw her crying, crying over that picture. All these thoughts are what is moving haphazardly in his mind, just like Brownian motion; causing a commotion in him.
âGood morning sirâ That familiar sweet voice rang out, but he heard a tinge of sadness in it.
âGood morningâ he replied coldly
He headed for his office immediately and sank into his chair. He heard the door screak; he looked up and saw Ellie entering his office holding a file. She looked adorable as always, her gown floating around her smooth legs, her hips swaying provocatively with each step, her flat tommy, her firm proud b—-t shooting out from her chest above her flat stomach, her round cute face, her soft cheeks; even soft to the eyes, her blue eyeballs lightening up his earth, somewhere inside that eyeballs, he sense sadness.
She placed the file on the table gently, surprisingly, gently.
âI brought the file about honorable Titus, the IG said I should give it to you on your arrivalâ she said softly
âThank youâ he replied nonchalantly
âSir, Iâll like us to talk about why I was crying the other dayâ
âYou know what Ellie?, itâs okayâ
âSirâŠ.â
âItâs seriously okay, we are coolâ
âButâŠ..â
âItâs okay, Ellie, I understand your position, I seriously know how you feel, I know what you are passing trueâ Elvis said reassuringly but Ellie wasnât convinced.
They both walk out of the office, one feeling better, and the other feeling more withdrawn.
Elvis walked out of his office towards Timiâs cubicle for any interesting finding. He saw Dauda in his own cubicle and greeted him, asking on his time of arrival and commending his efforts for the previous night. Timi is still seated glaring at the monitor with fingers dancing on the keyboard.
âAnything interesting yetâ Elvis said
âYes sir, Iâm just about to call for youâ Timi replied excitedly.
âI saw some documents proving the transfer of a large amount of money, 20 billion naira to be exact to a secret account numberâ
âThat must be the party moneyâŠâ
âYea, it is, it was transferred from the party account under the false pretense of campaign into a strange accountâ
âA strange account?â
âYes, an account that has the name âOdesina Ajaniââ
âThatâs a weird name for an account, but that doesnât make it strangeâ Elvis replied looking at Timi intently.
âWhatâs strange about it is that Odesina Ajani is a hunter, from a remote part of Okuku in Osun stateâ
Elvisâ jaw dropped, âNow thatâs weird, he managed to sayâ
âSir, you are needed in the boardroomâ someone said referring to Elvis. Elvis turned, recognizing the fellow to be from another team, he knows heâs needed in the boardroom for the final debriefing about tomorrow
âKeep working, find out what you can, Iâll be backâ Elvis said turning to Timi before rushing towards the boardroom.
A final debriefing is done, each team are given their task except Elvisâ group that are playing a bit part role, the results of the investigations are recapped for adequate assimilation. The team members are given specific tasks about organizing and bearing the responsibilities of their team members.
All teams are to meet at the TBS tomorrow dressed in mufti to blend into the crowd, and they are to exhibit an informal approach tomorrow to avoid suspicion.
The next person to them might be the bomber so they have to be alert. Each team member should be adequately prepared in terms of gadgets and ammunitions, pistols and communicating gadgets should be checked and girded. After a few hours, the meeting ended and they broke up.
Elvis strutted hurriedly out of the boardroom and rushed towards Timiâs cubicle. He met Timi sitting leisurely at his desk, his legs running across each other on his desk, his back leaning on the chair so much the chair is standing on its two hind legs, his two handsâ fingers entwined behind his head. He sat right immediately he saw Elvis, his eyes bulging out of excitement.
âWhatâs the news?â Elvis asked hoping things wonât get worse
âYou wonât believe this sirâ Timi said excitedly
Elvis sigh in anticipation.
âI checked up the name âOdesina Ajayiâ, donât ask me how, and I discovered that thereâs nobody with that name living or hailed from Okuku in Osun stateâ Timi said
âIf thereâs nobody with that name, then how is there an account with that name?â Elvis asked bewildered, getting confused every second.
âNow thatâs where the fun is, I hacked into the database of the banks database and went to the list of customers that registered for BVNâ
âWhat if the owner havenât done the BVN registrationâ
âAs luck could have it, the customer hasâ Timi said enjoying the anxiety heâs causing for his team leader.
âWho is the customer; there must be a picture, wasnât it?â Elvis asked eagerly, anxious.
âThe picture there was of a man, with a cap, the cap covered two third of his face making recognition impossibleâ
âSo how you now cognize the identity of the customerâ Elvis asked now reaching his wit
âThere was nobody with Odesina Ajayi in the BVN database of the bank, but there was someone with the name Ikemefuna Abdul Odesina Ajayi in the databaseâ
Elvis jaw dropped unknowingly as the style of name rang a bell in his brain.
âRing a bell? The âfor allâ principleâ Timi said grinning âTo further prove my hypothesis, with our access to the database of the National ID card, I learnt that IAOA (Ikemefuna Abdul Odesina Ajayi
) was registered few months ago with no single piece of information other than his nameâ Timi continued.
Now Elvis is really lost.
âI pulled some strings; donât ask me how I did that too; I learnt that the name IAOA and four other names have the same bearer; Musa Seyi Nwanchukwuâ now Elvis couldnât stand again, he had to sit on the desk in resignation âI developed the BVN picture too and did a face match with his picture, I got a 60% matchâ Timi completed.
âWe are facing MSNâ Elvis gasped
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