Attai Episode 9 (Final Episode)

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Attai Episode 9 (Final Episode)

TITLE: Ataii
EPISODE: 9 (Final episode)

Ekaite soon turned back while the van took me
straight to DLEA's office. As we went through the
gate, my fears increased because I've heard tales
about the place and its ruthlessness from guys who
had been so unlucky to go there. These guys were
always released without charge as they knew people in the government but I knew nobody. I
never knew I was going to find myself in this place.
The van soon came to a stop in front of a building
that was painted pale green, its doors looking turgid.
The DLEA official sitting close to me kicked me from
the back as I made to come down from the van causing me to tumble down and landing on the
ground which was tarred. I stood up with bruises
and feeling light headed and casted, I knew the
whole world had turned its back on me for my
phone was not even on me. I was ushered into the reception where my name
was taken and the handcuff removed, I was pushed
into an empty cell waiting to be interrogated. In the room was a single chair and a table what look
like a block engine at the side, on the roof was a fan
hook. I made my way and sat down on the single
chair, my heart beating as I awaited my fate. I knew
I was in for a rough interrogation as two officials
entered. The first one who is short and thick was holding a baton in one hand and a cable in the other
while the other one, a tall thick set dude had two
handcuffs with him.

''So na you dem dey call Attai wey don dey evade
arrest since abi, today na im your own done because
you go tell me who una kingpin be and how the igbo
dey take go round'' The short one spoke with a thick voice. His voice sent
waves of fear through me as he put the things he
was holding on the table while the tall one
proceeded to handcuff my hands behind the chair. ''I no know how the whole circle be, I no get
significance, I just be retailer, abeg make una let me
go'' What I said earned me a dirty slap the stung me right
into my brain. ''You think say na play we come play for here abi,
you better talk now'' The tall one said. Since I had nothing to say truly
being oblivious of how of how the circle was being
run, I kept quite and answered none of their
questions. This earned me a lot of beating until I
passed out. I opened my eyes when cold water was poured on
my face and felt myself stretched. I was hanging
from the roof, a rope tied to the handcuff and the
block engine suspended on my legs by the help of
the second handcuff and a hook. I screamed in pain
and passed out again.

I came back when I felt cold water on my skin, I
opened my eyes slowly but discovered I could not
open it fully. It was swollen that it felt heavy shutting
my eyes with its weight. I tried crawling out of the
cold water but discovered it was everywhere. I la!d
down in the dark and wept till morning. I was arraigned in court two days later and
sentenced to 2 years, only because Ekaite brought a
lawyer. I was sentenced to serve as a deterrent to
others and also teach me a little lesson about life. I
did my prison sentence with Ekaite always visiting
me and it was there I learnt that Akogu was the one the reported to NDLEA. I took it all as part of life as I
watched the prison walls counting days into months
and months into 2 years. I was released to Ekaite who came with her car to
pick me up. She had worked hard and made it, and
as I left the prison walls, Ekaite's words still
resounded in my head: ''Chasing the future with arms open wide'' That I did exactly as Ekaite helped set me up and
with sheer hardwork, determination and dedication
I built my company. I ended up marrying the love of
my life, Ekaite, had 5 kids with her and built a happy
family with my strong resolve to always get things
right. For definately, I had chased the future with arms opened wide.

THE END....