Tiit for tat - S02 E39

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Tiit for tat - S02 E39

Read Story: SEASON 2 EPISODE 39

Grim Reminders

“But what then is capital punishment but the most premeditated of murders, to which no criminal’s deed, however calculated it may be, can be compared? For there to be equivalence, the death penalty would have to punish a criminal who had warned his victim of the date at which he would inflict a horrible death on him and who, from that moment onward, had confined him at his mercy for months. Such a monster is not encountered in private life.”-Albert Camus

<Third Person POV>

To many people, there was nothing so exciting than seeing their Enemy fall especially if that person threatened their very existence. But why would Tife of all people stopped his friend Mike from shooting Zolabin. It was one of the things that still beat Zolabin’s wildest imagination. At first he thought he was joking about it but when he shot Mike’s hands to prevent him from shooting him, he realised he was d--n serious.

Zolabin gazed at the pictures he took of Mike a few minutes before he and his gang were shot.

The pictures were awesome but Mike didn’t really look frightened. Zolabin conjectured he was trying to play the hard one.

There was one person who was silently disappointed. He was Toby, the drug baron.His hero boy is gone.

Now that Mike was gone, Zolabin could return to his normal life , his big mansion, luxury and work .

He will have plenty of time to deal with Toby later. But how could one gang defeat five gangs- The X-Men, Night Sweepers, Justice finders, Angel of death and the black Cobra?

He thought he took the right decision. When he realised his gangs could not defeat the T-t For tat, he knew the only option left for him then was the police.

His mind was ignited more with joy when he saw it in the news.

MIKE EBUKA,LEADER OF THE MOST NOTORIOUS GANG IN NIGERIA SHOT AT A FIRING SQUAD.

Nemesis had caught up with the leader of a notorious criminal organisations in Nigeria Mike Ebuka. Mike was the leader of the gang ‘ T-t for Tat.’ It is said this gang didn’t go on robbery Operations but was guilty of exacting vengeance on those who abused its members.

Last two weeks , they were caught in the Jungle of Okoyie in a fierce battle with their arc rival, the Black Cobra.

The leader of the gang was caught pointing a gun on Zolabin who was believed to be the new CEO of Skynet Corporation, a company Mike’s father sold to Zolabin before he died. It was however unclear what caused the great enmity between Zolabin and Mike.

Others are of the view that the circumstance surrounding Zolabin becoming the CEO of Skynet was still shrouded in mystery.

Yesterday, Mike and five of his loyal gang members were shot at the Military Firing squad.

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Mike’s case of being sent to the firing squad reminded people of a notorious Criminal called Mighty Joe.Mighty Joe largely operated in Lagos where he was born and raised. Born to a struggling mother and father, Mighty Joe lived with his parents and four other siblings. Unfortunately, due to stark poverty, three of his siblings passed away and Joe was left with only a sister.

Mighty Joe was forced to quit school after completing standard four due to his father’s inability to pay for his education.

With nothing else to do, Mighty Joe developed a keen interest in boxing and would sneak out of his house to box against his parents’ will.

He left his mother’s house to fend for himself shortly after the death of his father. With the need to make money, Mighty Joe left the boxing space and went into the buying and selling market often getting many of his goods from the port. It was there that Mighty Joe started learning how to steal and outwit traders after joining a gang under Abiodun Egunjobir.

Several accounts indicated that Mighty Joe was especially feared by women. In one account, it was said that he harassed a young lady and poked her eye with a lit cigarette he had in his mouth leaving the poor lady blind because the lady refused his love proposal.

Mighty Joe was one of the most wanted robbers in Lagos. He had also made a name as being more deadly than Abiodun Egunjobi and had managed to get a gang made up of ex-soldiers who gave him physical protection with the backing of spiritual powers he sought from popular juju men.

Like several other notorious criminals, Nemesis later caught up with him.Mighty Joe’s robbery reign came to an end when he was arrested for snatching 100 naira from Micheal Osayunana, a bar attendant at a hotel.

After his conviction, Mighty Joe was reported to have converted into Islam and prayed fervently for his execution to be reverted but luck did not shine on him.

On his death day,Mighty Joe was escorted with several police officers with him to the Bar Beach where he was executed in front of millions of people present.

‘Mighty Joe’, the kingpin of the underworld was silenced by the bullets of the firing squad. Thousands of Lagos people breathed a sigh of relief following his execution at Bar Beach. The man, Isiaka Busari, alias ‘Mighty Joe,’ for many years constituted himself a big terror to the people of this federal capital particularly those around Mushin where he lived and practised his trade. .

This offence, which compared with many other heinous crimes which he committed and got away, will fade into insignificance. But before he died , ‘Mighty Joe’ had a VIP ride from Kirikiri Prison to the Bar Beach. He was taken in a police van escorted by six lorryloads of tough-looking anti-riot policemen.

Before he was executed, Mighty Joe was asked to say his lasts word to which he was reported to have responded: “May God bless everybody, both my friends and enemies. Tell my wife, my mother and my in-law to keep fit.”

Well, far away, Some dead bodies were taken away into a mortuary.

No one expected the end could come so quickly. Cassandra was heart- broken.

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But where is Rosaline and how was she coping with the death of his brother Mike. Can Cassandra cope without Mike?

Is the Governor aware of this sad development?

What is plan B anyway?

Dear Reader, the next Episode is loading, laced with suspense, twist and turns and shocking events.