Read
and enjoy a short snippet from Episode 12 of Season 3!
This
Episode is titled ‘The Pursuit of
Justice’.
SOME HOURS EARLIER - STATE SECURITY SERVICE - 1 PM
Lumi
was left in the interrogation room by Inspector Mikel, about an hour ago.
The
feeling of being confined to this building is beginning to overthrow his mental
balance.
Why
can't he just go home and sleep on his bed? How long are they planning to keep
him in this hell?
Will
they ever let him go free?
He
says a silent prayer, asking God to please get him out of here.
Then,
suddenly, the door flings open and the two other men who arrested him came in.
For
some reason they have both taken off their office shirts and are wearing only
their inner vests.
They
look at him with a chilling hatred.
Lumi
is in too much shock to speak or even ask questions. He just shivers.
They
grab him roughly and drag him out of the room.
Lumi
finally mumbles.
LUMI
...Wher...where
are we going, please?
MAN 1
You
will soon find out.
MAN 2
You
think you can waste our time, abi? Don't worry, you'll soon tell us what we
want to know.
LUMI (to Man 2)
Please
sir, I didn't do it! I swear!
MAN 1
You
are not the first to deny a crime and I am certain you won't be first to not
confess after we are finished.
LUMI
I
don't understand, Sir. Please, what is happening?
Man
1 slaps Lumi on the back of the head, hard.
Lumi
shuts up.
They
get to the entrance of a spooky room.
Lumi
can tell he is not going to like the events that are about to unfold.
He
begins to struggle to escape.
They
grip him tighter and force him into the room.
LUMI
Please,
please... I didn't take the money!
They
ignore him.
They
pull him in and force him to sit on the only chair in the room.
Lumi
tries to resist but the more he struggles, the more he finds his limbs being
twisted.
He
finally concedes and sits in the chair.
MAN 2
So
you're trying to make our life hard, abi? As if the current economic situation
is not hard enough, you sef you want to join and make our life even harder,
abi?
LUMI
No,
sir...
MAN 1
Ordinarily,
to sit in a chair, you're making me expend my energy?
LUMI
No,
sir... nooo...
Lumi's
eyes begin to well up in tears. He is scared beyond sanity.
MAN 2
You
are a bloody criminal! You little thief!
MAN 1
It's
people like you that get into power and steal all nation's the resources!
MAN 2
-
and then you refuse to pay us salaries! You are the cause of the future
problems, so we will ensure we eradicate you before you eventually destroy our
nation!
Please,
sir, I'm not a thief... I'm an honest citizen. I would never think of
defrauding the government!
MAN 1
So
you're saying that you're a saint? Are you better than the men that they are
catching for defrauding the government? They all pretend to be saints.
LUMI
I
would never steal from my country, sir! I love Nigeria!
MAN
2 seems to have stopped engaging in the conversation. He simply walks over to the
door and shuts it. He then locks it.
He
walks back to them with a blood thirsty look in his eyes.
MAN 1 (to Lumi)
Oh
yeah? So that means I should vote for you na! We need someone who won't steal
and will pay our salary - even if you don't increase it, at least just pay
us...
Lumi
is unsure what to say in return.
MAN
2 gets back to them. He exchanges a look with MAN 1.
All
of a sudden, MAN 1 swings a heavy punch at Lumi's face.
Lumi
is taken by surprise. His face jerks from the force of the hit.
The
room spins before his eyes and he grabs his left cheek to console the pain,
while shrilling in terror.
MAN 2
Where
is the money you stole?!
LUMI
No
money, sir! I stole no money!
MAN 1
That
is not what I want to hear. I want to hear how you defrauded the ministry of
petroleum and where you have hidden the money!
Lumi
begins to cry, still grabbing his cheek from the pain.
MAN
1 becomes infuriated. He throws another punch at Lumi's face, and then another.
Man
2 stands by, looking on.
MAN 2
Inspector
Mikel spoke to you rationally and you refused to talk? My partner and I are not
here for rationality, we're here for brutality... maybe now you'll talk.
MAN
1 stands over Lumi, with his fist clenched.
Lumi's
cheek swells up and turns red.
LUMI
Please!
My friend is coming; she will tell you that I'm not a fraudster.
MAN 1
Who
cares what your friend says? The money was directed to your own account,
according to your own bank statement, so how is she going to convince us
otherwise?
Written
and Directed by Olu Balogun.
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