CHAPTER LX

The ash car made a stop when it reached a house painted in green. They both got down and went into the house.

Sameer recheck the picture he took. He made sure to snap the drivers face in other to be easy for the police man to arrest them. He paid the bike man and the  man left immediately. It seems as if the two people in the car lives in the house they entered. ThankGod he was able to see the drivers face but not the other man's .

Sameer then dialed in the first number on his screen. The other person at the other side of the phone didn't waste much time to pick up.

" Hello"

" I think I've found the car. The same car that hit miss rahama"

" How?! "

" let's leave how I found the car aside. The important thing is for you to bring the police to the address I just sent to you. They might escape if you don't make it fast. "

" We're on the way already"

***

The two culprit brought out the package they went to collect . The moment they opened it to see what was inside, they rejoiced at the sight of money.

" omo this your boss is so kind . See the amount of money wey your boss pay us"

" leave that one aside. Now the original thing we we go  do na to go that club we no too far from here. Make we go spend the moni wella on that fine fine babe we see last week" he wiggled his brow at his friend

" sharp guy, sharp guy. You see why I dey call you better person. Eh, this night, them go see, them no go hear word o"

" chop knuckle my guy"

" but wahala dey o" guy A sat upright

" Waitin happen again? " guy B asked when he saw guy A turned serious

" My boss they talk say that girl why we hit survive am o. Boss talk say we no do our end of deal o. Talk say if we finish the girl, another money go enter our account sharp sharp "

" Twale baba, Oya make we go do am now. Waitin we dey wait for? " guy B asked

" you know say the babe dey hospi.......

They were cut off by the loud push of their door. Three police officers entered pointing guns at them.

" STAY WHERE YOU ARE "

Guy A and guy B sat put with their hands up in surrender " Oga officer waitin we do una na? "

" when you get to the police station you'll know what you do you two idiots . Move before I blow your heads with this gun"

"

***

Aunty yasira busied herself with the novel in her hand. She was never a fan of reading books but found joy in it the moment she started staying  in the hospital with rahama. The books helps keep her mind off things. Especially this current issue.

" Yasira! " her husband entered the room feeling so happy.

She was confuse as to why he was happy " alhaji what happened ?"

" Sadiq just called saying that they've caught the Criminals"

" Really! Who are they?"

" I haven't found out yet but all I know is that they have a boss "

" who could that be? " she wondered

" I'm heading to the police station to find out now "

" ok" she nodded

" please don't tell anyone about this. Sadiq said it's best we don't let outsider hear about this. Let's keep it between us because we don't know who might their leader be. It might even be friends or even family members "

" Yes you're right "

" I'll be on my way now " he pecked her on the forehead and walked out of the room.

Aunty yasira released a soft breath " at least now we can all know who this criminals are. Today must be their end " with that being said she went back to reading her romance novel.

***

" officers please the beating don do now " guy A yelled in pain same with guy B

" who sent you two ? You better confess"

" Nobody sent us and we no know waitin you dey talk about "

" I can see that you two are acting smart abi. Maybe when you taste the feeling of hot iron on your body, you'll confess. Ali! Plug the iron"

"  wait officer, we go talk! " Guy B said in fear

The officer smile secretly and then face them " you'll talk? "

" yes we go confess " Guy B said since he is the scared one among the two. " no dey pinch me again o. I go confess, I no wan make them spoil my body with hot iron" he told Guy A who couldn't believe his friend's betrayal.

" Allow him to talk " the officer shouted at guy A

" I go talk o . One dey we dey sit jejeli for our house when this person come knock our door. As we open the door we see one fine oga like that . Him talk say he get one job for us since na all that kin kin thing we dey do for living. Him give us picture of this particular fine babe talk say make we kill am"

" and you agree to do it abi?"

" officer, we no wan do the job before because for this our business we no they kill"

" Then why did you do it "

" na the fine bobo fault o. We tell am say we no dey kill ,him con promise to give us a big amount of moni. The money wey him promise plenty wella, he enter body and eyes o. We con accept the job"

" You accept to do the job with no human feeling? " the officer looked at them in disgust

" Toh how we go do officer, person go do some kind kind thing to survive. This one way no work for the country"

He received a dirty slap on the face for saying that " you even have the audacity to tell me 'person go do some kin kin thing to survive' "

" sorry officer, please forgive me "

The officer glared at him and brought out his phone to show him a picture of Mansir. He wants to confirm whether he is the fine Bobo they were talking about

" is this the fine bobo? "

They looked at the picture closely then shook their heads " no be him be this one "

" are you sure about that? "

" yes officer ,no be him. But I don see this man face before " they said

" Really? Where? "

" na The first time wey we go collect money before we do the job . That fine bobo get aunty. He be like say na the aunty son this man wey you show us be "

" how do you know ?"

" Because, we see this man picture for her house. "

" are you sure? "

" We sure wella officer" they nodded

The officer show them a picture of a woman " is this the aunty? "

The criminals looked closely " yes, na she. This is the aunty o. Na she officer. "

The officer couldn't believe this. The plan master was non other than Hajiya Ringim.

***

" officers you called us here. Tell us what you found out? " sadiq asked impatient.

" sir, I'll like you to check this photo. Do you know him? Look closely? "

" Wait! Is this not mama maimuna's nephew and Mansir's cousin , Abdulkadir!. I know him very well officer. I never liked him"

" Good"

"  He is also involved right? I'm very sure mansir put him to it " sadiq couldn't believe it.

" yes the Abdulkadir guy is involve but not Mansir " they nodded" but that  isn't what got us more shocked sir"

" what is it? What did you find out ?"

" The plan master of this is non other than your step mother, Hajiya maimuna "

" WHAT?! "

" yes sir. I also didn't believe it at first but she is the one and as we speak my men are already in her house to arrest her "

" Ya Allah. That woman is worst from a devil. I can't believe that even in her sick state she still thinks and do evil! "

" That's life sir,Wicked people never repent" the officer said " but I promise you that she will rot in jail for the rest of her remaining life"

" Thank you so much officer. I need to call rahama's father to tell him about this "

" you should "

***

Alhaji ringim, alhaji dabo, sadiq, mansir, badiyya ,Hajiya Maimuna , abdulkadir and two police officers were all sat in the small room. The family members want to know the reason why she committed the act.

" how could you mom? Don't you have any human feeling? " a tear drenched face badiyya asked

" I'm sorry. It's the work of the de..

" Shut  up Maimuna. You do bad things and then you ended up saying it's the work of the devil? when in actual word you're he devil. You are the real devil, evil lives in you !" alhaji ringim yelled

" please forgive me "

" why did you do it? Why? "

" I wanted to make my mansir happy. I wanted to make him happy. On his faithful day, he came to my house to report his brother and father to me. He told me how his father had lied about the company getting bankrupt. They made him a laughing stock, a loser and a fool. I couldn't help seeing my son in pain. I wanted to help him but I don't know how "

" Is that why you sent an assassin to rahama? " sadiq asked in disgust

" I never meant to do that. Immediately mansir left my place, my nephew came to visit. When Abdulkadiq saw my state ,he ask me what was wrong and I told him everything. He was the one that put the idea of killing rahama in my head and promise to do everything if I make money available. I was stupid , I know. But I wanted to make my mansir happy again "

" so killing is the best solution? But why the poor girl? She didn't even have anything to do with what happened to mansir"

" I wanted to put sadiq in so much pain and the best way to do it was by killing rahama. Please forgive me, please. "

" you don't know What you got yourself into ma'am." the officers told her in pity " you're in for a lot"

" you keep shouting you did it for mansir and what you did actually ended mansir to be locked up. He was the first prime suspect and you knew that without saying anything " sadiq told her

" yes i knew he was going to be the prime suspect and I also know that he will be released in time since he didn't do anything. Since they wouldn't find any evidence on him, they have to let him go freely which is why I never said anything. " she explained

" For once, you didn't even think about your sickness before doing what you did " badiyya said through gritted teeth

" I'm so sorry "

" This is your end Maimuna. See what your wicked act led you to become . See yourself " alhaji dabo finally talked

Mansir who has been quiet all this while finally looked up at his mother " I'm so sorry mom, I caused all this. "

" of course you're the cause of everything " sadiq shouted at him " you've always been the cause of everything "

" sadiq calm down please " alhaji ringim said

" No dad, please allow him to talk. He is right after all. I always do the wrong thing, I'm a disgrace as a son. " he shook his head " I also have a confession to make "

All eyes turned to him

" I also committed a crime officer . I went to my father's lawyer office. I stole all property documents that belongs to my father and I forged his signature. I sold every property to some Chinese men and they promise to send the money at the time you came to arrest me. " he ended

The room was quiet

" I know " alhaji ringim said all of a sudden

" you knew ?" a wide eyes mansir asked

" Yes. Do you think my lawyer don't have a CCTV camera in his office?. He called me the moment he entered into his office and did not find the documents. We later found out through the CCTV footage that you were the thief after all. Those Chinese men found out that the signature was forged. They never made any payment"

" I'm so sorry dad. I wanted vengeance so badly which is why i did what i did" he cried " I was never a good son to you, please forgive me"

" I've accepted that as qaddara,it was meant to happened " his father shrugged

" officers you can arrest me too. I'm the reason why my mom also did what she did . I shouldn't be left free please. "

" That is left for the court to decide."

**

" wallahi, I saw her finger moving. I saw it" sakeena told aunty yasira

" really! "

" Yes aunty. I think she is about to wake up, let me call the doctor " she ran out of the room to call the doctor

Yasira couldn't contain her smile, she move closer to rahama. She pecked her on the forehead. " we miss you dear" she said

" and I miss you too" aunty yasira heard a cracking voice say. Her eyes met with rahama's now opened ones.

" is th-is a drea-m or am I just hallucinating? " she couldn't believe her eyes . The next thing she did was hug her so tightly " I really miss you "

" why do I feel so weak and my head really hurts alot " rahama touched her head and tried to get up . She was confused when she touched a bandage

" why do I have  my head wrapped "

Yasira got scared " you don't remember getting into an accident? "

Rahama took her time before answering " No" she shook her head.

Yasira's heart beats rapidly.

Could this be that she lose some of her memory? Yasira thought

***

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