Tiit For Tat - S02 E19

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Tiit For Tat - S02 E19

Read Story: SEASON 2 EPISODE 19

The Ambushed!!!

–Flashback —

{Third Person Narration}

Agent Rockson had protected the Governor on several occasions.Prior to becoming the head of the Governor’s special escort squad,He was the head of field ops in the Anti Terrorist Department(ATD) of the Nigerian police Force. Whenever he had an intelligence on any terrorists’ activities he took quick actions to circumvent the efforts of the criminals before they strike. The Governor’s chief of staff, Jerome, an advisor to the Governor, recommended to him that Rockson be made part of the special escorts squad.

Rockson received an email from the Governor’s chief of Staff. He was to report at the Governor’s office the next day. When he went there, the Governor’s secretary told him be was there for an interview to be a part of the Governor’s special escort Squad. He was told there were 35 nominees and the best Nine will be taken. He was given an impromptu interview. The interview was tough and brain draining. About 11 interviewers surrounded Rockson , bombarding him with

security operational questions and tactics.

After a long exhaustive interview, he was set free. One week later, he was successfully recruited into the Governor’s special escort squad in 2010. Serving his Governor and his nation was what he considered a privilege. For most part of his work as the head of the Governor’s special escort squad,it was just a routine.

Since he was recruited into the presidential’s special escort squad in 2010, he saved the president’s life more than five times in just three years.

In 2010 , a lot of assassinated attempts were made on the Governor’s life by terrorist groups and drug lords because Hon. Bankole Clifford was determined to uproot the seeds of terrorism, illegal drugs and corruption from the Plateau State.

In one instance the Governor was moving in the crowd as he was cheered. Rockson marked out a man who was not smiling but kept fixing his eyes on the Governor.

Intuitively, he decided to monitor his movements more carefully.

When the Governor got closer to his area, he pulled out a gun and was about to pull the trigger. Rockson shouted , Gun!!!!!, Get down! !!

As if in a movie, he leaped in the air like a gigantic bird,and landed between the Governor and the gun man and at the same time pulled out his gun to cover the president.

The crowd went berserk, running helter-skelter. He landed heavily on the ground after being hit by the assassin’s bullet.

The Governor survived without a scratch. The assassin tried to escape but was apprehended by the security men.He was later sent to court, charged with treason and given a life sentence. He was locked in the maximum security prison with well trained soldiers guarding the place 24/7 Plus thousands of CCTV cameras scanning every square kilometre of the compound.

Rockson was hospitalised for three weeks. When he got healed, he was given a medal for extraordinary bravery.

In addition , he was appointed to be the head of the Governor’s special escort squad.

In another instance ,a snipper nearly took out the Governor but Rockson detected the figure of the snipper on his heat signature software scanner and moved the president out of the strike radius before the snipper had time to change his game plan. The snipper too was arrested and jailed for life.

That was the history of the man,Rockson, the head of the Governor’s special escort squad.

>>>Fast Track to the Governor inspecting his projects >>>

The Governor had finished inspecting his projects . As usual, Rockson was in charge of that security squad with the Governor’s motorcade at the front and about 10 to 20 vehicles at the back sandwiching the Governor.

Following the envoy were also

Members of the press,Security personnel from the police depart

ment, Officials of Governor,some VIPS and Guest of honours.

Being the head of the Governor’s special escort, Rockson directed his men to keep monitoring the area.

For most part of the journey to the Governor’s home, they had no trouble. They were almost relaxing,

concluding that there was no threat to the Governor’s life when the security escort discovered an object moving towards the convey.

The missile detecting software quickly raised a red alarm.Twenty seconds to impact.

Agent Rockson shouted,” attention!! all agents and security personnel , enemy missile approaching,Missile approaching!!! Missile approaching!!!

Initialise the countermeasure and neutralise the danger!!!

They were lucky.The self-propelled projectile was neutralized before it caused havoc. A few minutes later, they were ambushed by Boko Haram- a notorious terrorist

group in Nigeria.

The Governor, his son, wife , children and Rosaline were all afraid. Rosaline took her phone and called her brother, telling him they had ran into an ambush in the Governor of Plateau’s state envoy. Mike was worried. He scolded her sister for disobeying his orders not to come back to Nigeria.

No sooner had they ran into the ambush than bullets started flying incessantly into the escort. The Governor’s car was targeted. Luckily it was a bullet proof vehicle. The terrorist kept firing at it. The Governor’s special escort squad responded with gunshots.

Rockson was hit but he wore a bullet proof vest. He manoeuvred his way carefully through the array of bullets and return fire for fire and also give his team operational command.

He shouted ,”CODE RED,! CODE RED , !! CODE RED !!!, GOVERNOR’S CONVEY UNDER THREAT. CODE RED.!!CODE RED!!!CODE RED!!!!

This was a distress signal to the specially trained men of the army, the commandos and the marines to come to their rescue.

Rockson clicked the small pinhead attached to his watch to help the military triangulate their location using GPS.

The calm atmosphere had suddenly changed into a battle zone.

He gave tactical commanded, ESCORTS, COVER THE GOVERNOR! ,ACTIVATE ANTI TERRORISM MEASURES, FEDERAL AGENTS AND COUNTER ASSAULT TEAM, ENCIRCLE THE ENEMIES. JUMP FOR COVER. USE THE 4-7-4 FORMATION. The 4- 7- 4 formations was a military strategy adopted by the specially trained officers to protect the Governor and his team. The Governor’s special escort squad defended the Governor. With time it had become apparent that they had to defend themselves and not wait for the military.

Sadly, the ammunitions of the Governor’s special escort squad was getting finished. In five minutes time , everything would be over.

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What happened next ?

Will the Governor, his family and Rosaline be captured by the terrorist?