Written by
U.D. Okechukwu
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…….continued from last week… The next thing that jerked
out of Alegribusa’s mouth was alarming and this made the entire market and
community people rigid in their decision to follow. They all wanted to see the
end of the matter.
“Where are you all going to? Do you all want to sleep in the
guard room with the two thieves?” Alegribusa uttered.
There was no single reply to the question asked. As Alegribusa
turned around to continue the movement, the people followed suit. He became
slow in his gait.
“What is wrong with these people, they really want to know the
end of this issue. How will I ask them to go home when their numbers are more
than my entire guards? Come to think of it, I only saw tomatoes and pepper
inside the nylon bag. The boys actually didn’t steal it. I just wanted to deal
with this two boys because it has been a while that we caught a petty thief. Punto
and Checheskey didn’t commit any crime. It was my daughter who is to be blamed
for her insolence and false accusation. She definitely knew that she will be
dealt with if she comes home without the foodstuff she was sent to but from the
market by her mother. Now that I have arrested these boys, how can I ask them
to go just like that? How can I even get these people off my track?” Alegribusa
thought within himself that he forgot they have gotten to the destination.
“Sir! Sir!” a guard called back his attention.
“What! Are we there, bring the boys here and unchain them” Alegribusa
replied in his usual high tone.
“Sir, what did you just say” the guard ask confusingly.
“You idiot, are you deaf, bring the boys here and untie them”
he repeated himself.
The people all stood to watch what would happen next. The scenario
became imaginative, no one could crack what was in the mind of the Chief
Security Officer.
“Is he going the just let them go? Is he going to behead
them, is he going to naked them?” the puzzled crowd whispered amongst one
another… To be continued next week.
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