CHAPTER 6
~@DSSOfficial started following @Anonymous
~@NigeriaPolice started following @Anonymous
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BREAKING NEWS:Anonymous becomes Most Followed Nigerian Personality As Country Mourns Hamzat......
(details shortly)
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Tolu's mobile phone rings as he jolts awake,He looks at the time. 9:17AM.
He had overslept and rightly so. Yesterday had been a pretty long day for him. Stretching his hands and yawning, his phone rings again bringing bim back to consciousness and remembering he hadn't picked it up yet.
"Hello?" he says lazily
"Mr Tolu.." the other voice replies. Tolu recognises it as the voice of the DSS head, mr. Tanko.
"Good morning mr.tanko" he greets courteously.
"it isn't really a good morning o mr tolu" Tanko drags. Tolu notices the sadness in the tone at which he replied, unlike him. "have u checked the news?".
" No.. i just woke up.. why?"
"Mr. tolu". Tanko hesitates before breaking the news. " mrs Hamzat is dead "
"WHAT?!!" Tolu screams. how come?, i just met her last night?, how did this happen?. He had hoped on seeing her this morning. maybe for dinner so he could talk extensively with her, and now she was dead. how is this even possible?. "What happened?" he managed to ask.
"It would be better if you come downstairs" mr.tanko said, "some officers are here ". Tolu dropped the call without the replying, his head trying to go round what he had just heard.
Hamzat Kafayat is dead?.
He had come for the murder of Aluko Kosoko, and now this?. Two deaths in less than 72 hours.
Tolu rushed downstairs and sees a distraught Tanko pacing round the room, he was with three officers all wearing black uniforms, one held a brown file with his gun exquisitely tucked in his pocket.
" I'm here, fill me in" Tolu said impatiently.
"This is Inspector Ife" Mr. tanko introduces, "He's the one with the details of all this". Ife offers his hands as Tolu quickly takes it.
"what happened?" Tolu asks
"Hamzat was murdered" Inspector Ife starts, "she sustained multiple injuries to her head, we suspect she was slammed head first to the wall", he hands the file over to tolu who unravelled it and noted it contained photographs of hamzat.
scanning through, tolu sees the deep gnash on her head that makes him uncomfortable.
" Whoever did this didn't hit her once " tolu started.
"exactly what the doctor said"
"but who could have done this to her? and how no one saw it coming" Tolu said confused. He could imagine hamzat being slammed head first severally unto the wall, this just wasn't murder, it felt like an execution.
"Actually.... " Inspector Ife shrugged, "there was a tweet".
" A what??" tolu asks dumbfounded
Inspector ife looked for ways to say it before finally giving and putting his hands into his pocket and bringing out his phone, he fondles and scrolls with before handing it over to tolu, "Here" he says.
tolu takes the phone and sees the tweet:
@Anonymous
~ Hurry, Hamzat Kafayat in Danger.
#Anonymous
9:45PM
"What's this?" Tolu still couldn't understand what was going on. Inspector studies him before eyeing Tanko, "You haven't told him?".
" Told me what ?" tolu directs his gaze at Tanko who had been silent all along. what is he hiding?.
Tanko sighs before starting, "There has been a mystery twitter account divulging sensitive information..."
"He calls himself 'Anonymous' " Ife completes.
First Aluko kosoko, then Hamzat now what?, I'm Chasing a mystery twitter account now, what is going on?.
" Anonymous has been sharing.. uhmm.. information, it's almost like he knows everything and shares them before it happens " Ife continues.
"He?" Tolu raised an eyebrow.
"We're comfortable calling him a 'he' Agent Tolu" ife stutters, "he was the one who broke the news you were coming in the first place".
Tanko coughs at that point and Ife realises he had spoken too much as he knew the DSS head didn't want that information leaked to tolu.
" Really?" Tolu says looking at tanko who seemed to remain quiet while avoiding his gaze. "That explains the Crowd at the airport, Hamzats presence, the media and everything" tolu exclaims. so they knew i was coming?. no wonder.
''Anyways, we're still working on getting him arrested" Inspector ife notes with Tanko nodding vigorously in agreement to this. Ife wasn't at all too surprised at the hostility 'Anonymous' got from the people in power.
if a random guy could give accurate information on the coming of a top personnel from the FBI and predict a murder case on arguably the most influential woman in the country bar the first lady.. what more could he do?, what more secrets could he spill?, at the rate 'Anonymous' was going, every kid with an internet enabled phone would have access to the country's most sensitive information by just following him(or her) on Twitter,he's even been dubbed the 'Ultimate' whistle blower, not to mention he was now the most followed personality in the country.
On a personal note, inspector ife really fancied what 'anonymous' was doing, if he could keep on spilling crime cases before they happen, he could give security agencies a rare Head start on arrests. Even when 'anonymous' warned about Hamzats murder, that too could have been averted if all the security agencies weren't escorting several powerful officials after tolus arrival.
Tolu felt like he was forgetting Someone.... "Nojat!!" he blurts.
"Who?" Tanko asks confused.
"Nojat kafayat" tolu responds
"Oh, about her. she came by almost as soon as we did. she passed out as she saw the body. took quite awhile before she would come around" Ife replies.
"gosh!, wonder how she must feel now" Tolu said pitifully.
" i had my assistant take her home"
"so there are no clues as to who did this?" Tolu asks willing to help.
"i was just about to stop by at their house for a little interrogation"
"okay, give me five.. I'll come with" tolu says, hurrying to tidy up. Tanko who had been quiet objected to it ''I'm afraid i Won't allow that" .
"Why?''
" Agent Tolu, are you forgetting why you came here?.you came for Aluko Kosoko, and the death of hamzat, I'm sorry to say, is only a distraction to that cause".
Tolu felt he hadn't heard well. the death of the country's most influential woman mattered little. Heck!, that's the woman that made me drawn to come back you twat.
"Don't worry mr tanko" Tolu manages to say, keeping his anger in check. "I'm only going to sympathise with the daughter".
Tanko hesitates a little before agreeing reluctantly. Tolu hurries and is back in a jiffy.
" let's go " he commands. ife leads the way and just when he realises Tanko was earshot says "You're not just going to sympathise are you?"
"Nope"
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Dakar wakes up with a slight headache. He observes the unclad lady still fast asleep beside him and smiles to himself. he gets up and enters the bathroom to wash himself, no sooner had he got in the tub when his phone rang. The Sponsor.
"Hello"
"Good Job Dakar" The Sponsor praised.
"You know me" Dakar prided himself
"I see you made the kill extra messy this time around... i like it"
"ha ha, been long you praised me like this. guess she was a pain" Dakar said.
"well yes, Hamzat is a fool for thinking she could fight against us" .
"Too bad"
"Your job is not Done yet" The Sponsor starts, this time with a more serious tone than earlier.
"hmmmm"
" The police are on the case and I'm aware the young fbi agent is with them, they're headed for Hamzats house"
" let me just end that boy " . Dakar assures.
" no no dakar, no. for now i want you to keep an eye on him. you'll receive a package soon with instructions on what you must do".
"Alright then"
"i see you had a nice night " The Sponsor jokes. Dakar looks back at the unclad lady still fast asleep on the bed, before chuckling and replying "All work no play"
"Correct"
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Nojat didn't sleep through the night, as she clutched her moms phone tight and frequently staring at the message anonymous had sent to her mother:
Anonymous]: Run they're coming for you NOW.
~ 9:40PM
Anonymous knew?... Anonymous knew???..... He Knew!!!!!!!!, Where was her mom when the message came in.. where was she?... Anonymous posting on twitter maybe because she didn't reply, he tweeted around 9:45!!.
Nojat felt herself going crazy. The police officer that escorted her just stared at her pitifully.
She wouldn't believe if i told her,would she?.
She heard the gate open as a car drove in and parked. Nojat peeps through the window and see two men get down from it. one was the officer she saw last night,the other?....Tolu!.
The two men walk in and watches as they exchange salute with the other officer.
"Excuse us" Inspector Ife orders. The officer salutes and leave.
Tolu kept his eyes fixated on nojat who notices and looks away. *Poor girl* he thought.
"Hi Nojat" Ife greets before sitting down opposite her as tolu follows suit.
"I'm really sorry about your mother" tolu finds his voice finally, "i really hoped to meet her".
Nojat could only nod her head.
Show Them. Show Them.. her head kept pushing her.
" Nojat I'll just like to ask you a few questions if you don't mind" Ife continues, "Do you know anyone who your mum must have had a misunderstanding with? or who you think would do this?''. Nojat could only eye ife who realizes, Dumb question!. of course she would have a lot of enemies, she's always at logger heads with the govt. " Okay, pls tell us how that morning was " .
Nojat could remember it all, it happened yesterday for christ sake.
she glanced at Tolu, whose eyes urged her to speak.
"she was sipping her juice when i came in '' she started, " I teased her about having to do too much work and she said she was trying to reach out.....''
she stopped short there.
"Reach out?" tolu asked.
"To who?" Ife pressed.
Nojat kept silent before responding "....to anonymous"
tolu and ife exchange shocked looks before staring at her.
"continue"
"well she tried without success, and she later said on going to meet to the air port to see you" Nojat said referring to Tolu.
"once we were done with that i drove her to office..."
"why not home?" ife interjected
"she said something about wanting to make a video and put it up online"
nothing out of the ordinary there, ife thought, it was Hamzat being herself, she always bombarded social media with clips that usually go viral. it was her strong hold.
"did you check the camera" Tolu asked
"yea, nothing. she hadn't put in on record yet" Ife explains. "Moreover, we found her body in the restroom''
" she's always a bit nervous before she makes a video, it causes her to want to use the toilet" Nojat explains.
"Wasn't the door locked?" Tolu asks, "i mean the one to her office"
"it was actually, the killer used a pin to somehow unlock the door" ife replies.
"No prints?".
" No prints ".
There was a moment silence between them as both of them began thinking. No leads?. all Nojat had told them pointed towards nothing. it was just a normal Hamzat day.
" Is there anything you haven't told us?" Tolu speaks up.
Nojat knew that wasn't all, her silence all but confirming what tolu had already felt as soon as he looked into her eyes the moment he walked in.
"you can trust us" he intensifies.
"Remember the part i told u about mom trying to reach out to anonymous?" Nojat opens up.
"yea, you said he didn't respond" Tolu drags.
"Well, he did"
Ife jumps to his feet shocked, "What?!".
impossible!. Ever since 'anonymous' shot to fame, a lot of social media users had tried chatting him up, various messages left unreplied, his account had refused to be hacked and the account even labelled as 'Dormant' by few tech experts round the country and even abroad. So what Nojat revealed was bogus.
" You're joking right? "
Nojat hands the phone to tolu, as ife joins and ife sees the proof he wanted:
Anonymous]: Run they're coming for you NOW.
~ 9:40PM
"Unbelievable!!" ife jolts.
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On their way back, ife is filled with thoughts as he drives back to the hotel, he is deep in thoughts.
"Watch it!" Tolu screams as he stretches his hand and redirects the steering. Ife had almost hit an old man. The car swerved leftwards as Tolu saves the mans life
''oh my God " ife puffs relieved. upon seeing the old man on the floor.
"Jesus, did we hit him?" Tolu screams in horror. Ife doesn't wait before he gets down from the car and rushes to help the man.
"Are you okay sir?" ife begged frantically, "I'm really sorry". The old man holds Inspector Ifes shirt trying to steady himself
" it's okay" he says tiredly. ''i wasn't watching"
"do we give you a ride home?" Tolu offers.
"No it's fine" The old man insists placing his hand on Ifes head as a show of thanks. "thank you"
''you've got to be more careful next time" Tolu scolded as soon as they got into the car, "you almost killed him"
"I'm sorry" Ife apologises, he tries to turn on the ignition when tolu stops him.
"I'm driving"
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Dakar hurried into the room with highspirits, the Disguise The Sponsor had sent had fooled Agent Tolu and Inspector Ife and thus his plan had worked perfectly.
He expertly positioned himself meters from the police vehicle just in time for them to notice and swerve away giving more than enough opportunity to begin his act. Feign injury.
Not only that, he had swiftly attached the tech The Sponsor had sent to him- a Twenty thousand dollar miniature camera with speaker and GPS - to Inspector Ifes hair just as he helped him get to his feet by placing his hand on his hair to show gratitude. The camera was waterproof, and would attach itself strongly to his hair until removed physically.
The Sponsor had just Outwitted them, and thereby giving Dakar a gift.
Now he could not only hear them....... He could See them.
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