CHAPTER 25

In the following morning all the chiefs are under a big tree with Boda standing at their front, Otun held the stalk of the tree.

"We need your help now" Balogun said.

"Yes sir, am with you"

"Do you know where your father, Akinwuji keep the ammunitions that you used during the war" Otun said.

"Yes my chief, I know it" he answered.

"Who have the key to that house in hand?" Osi asked.

"Am the one that use to keep the key"

"Good, it will very easy" Balogun said.

"So can you give us all the ammunitions?" Otun asked.

"There is fifty thousand here for you" Osi said.

"I can give you sir" Otun removed his hand from the tree.

"Can we get it now or tomorrow?" Balogun asked, looking around.

"Yes, You can get it now" he answered.

"Good of you, collect your money" Otun gave him the money and they followed him to Akinwuji's house, stayed far away from his house, looking at him.

"Now go and bring it, we will stay here" Osi said with lower voice, looking around.

"Okay my chief, give me some minutes" he left.

"We are waiting, don't stay long please" Balogun said, they are looking around like a thief and shirt back a little bit again.

"Our mission have been coming true" Osi said.

"Yes oh!!" They all laughed feeling happy.

After some minutes Boda Walker closed to them, looking around with a bag in his hand.

"My chiefs, this is it" he put it on the floor.

"Thank you very much Boda" Otun said.

"You hope anybody do not see you?" Balogun asked.

" Not at all, Nobody saw me" he answered.

"So you can go, God will bless you" Osi said.

"Amen, bye sir" he left to join others at the backyard, kept the money inside his pocket.

"Let go, no time" Osi carried the bag going to the palace, when they got to the palace; they went to the backyard in the palace straight and called one of the slave that passed their way, she greeted them.

"Help us to call your people, we want to see them" Balogun said.

"As you said my chief" she left, after some minutes all the slave had gathered and they walked closed to them.

"We greet you our chiefs" they said in chorus.

"Are you ready to fight for you right?" Otun asked, all the slaves looked at each others.

"Yes sir, we are ready" they shouted.

"Do you want to be free?" Osi asked.

"Yes our chief and we will be happy"

"We want to help you, are you ready?" Balogun said.

"Yes! Yes!! Yes!!! We are ready".

"We want to help, if God help you" Otun said.

"We will give you what you can use to protect yourself" another Chief said.

"Thank you, we appreciate it" they said.

They empowered all the slave and sent them to the kingdom; they ran to the king's living room shouting his name.

"The King, my King" Balogun shouted.

"King, our King, there is problem" Otun said.

"My King, please come out on time" Osi said.

"What is it?" Coming out from his room.

"Akinwuji have empower all the slaves by

giving them guns and other things" Balogun said with louder voice.

"Is true my King, all the slave are now in the hole kingdom now" Otun said.

"We have to act fast" Osi said.

"Do you know what you are saying?" King asked with anger.

"There is no time my King, let act fast" Otun said. "I need to see Akinwuji" King said.

"Don't go my King" Balogun said.

"Yes, if you go he will kill you" Osi said.

"Is true my King, don't dear to step out" Otun said.

"Go back to your room, we will take care of

everything my King" Balogun said.

"Okay, I heard you my chiefs" he went to his

room back looking so worried.

"Now, we have to take the next step" Otun said silent to others and looked at each others.

"It is only Boda that know about all this" Balogun said. "We have to take him off" Osi said.

"Yes, we have to take him off" Otun said.

"We have to get him, let go" Balogun said. They left the palace.

At Akinwuji's house, he was in his living room resting when one of his army entered shouting and fell disturbed.

"Baba! Baba!! Baba!!" Said in Yoruba language and breathing heavy.

"What is it?" Akinwuji asked.

"We find Boda's body in the bush" he said.

"What, when is it happened?" He stood up.

"Today, we find him when we are doing training "

"Come and show me" waring his shoe.

"Okay, baba" door opened and closed, they got to the bush at the back of his house.

"This is him" pointing at him.

"You found him here?" He asked.

"Yes sir, in this sport" he answered.

"What happened to him?" He asked.

"They killed him" said with fear.

"Do you know the person that killed him?"

"We don't know sir" he answered.

"Baba!! Baba!!!" Another army ran to where they are, sweating in cold weather.

"What is it, what happened?" He asked.

"All the slave have been killing anybody that cross their way and running away" he said.

"How do they escape?" Akinwuji asked.

"We don't know sir" he answered.

"Go and take your guns and come with me"

"We don't see all the guns" second army said.

"What, who use to hold the key of that house?"

"It's Boda" they said in chorus.

"And his dead, what is going on?" Looking at them. "We don't know"

"Baba, we don't have time to waste let find something to do to this" first army said.

"Okay, two of you follow me"

"Okay Baba" they ran after him.

He had coble some slaves, some had ran away and that was when the King sent his guard to him to call him.

"Good afternoon" he greeted.

"Good afternoon, I see you"

"The king said that you should see him right now" said with louder voice.

"Okay you can go, am coming"

"He said you should come with me"

"Okay, give me some minute to tell my wife"

"Okay, I will wait" calling his wife, door opened, standing at the door..

"Yes, my husband" she said.

"The King want to see me, I will be back"

"Okay my husband, don't stay long" they left and arrived to the palace after some minutes.

They entered into the King's living room the guard went back to his position. Akinwuji was standing looking at him, the King was facing the wall.

"Am here my King" he faced him.

"You, for all what I did for you, you can do this" said with anger showef all over him.

"I don't get you my King"

"You can, how can you"

"What happened?" Looking at him.

"You go and empowered all the slaves so to take over my Kingdom so that you can become the King" said with louder voice

"No my King, me too did not know how it happened" "You don't know?"

"Yes my King, I don't know"

"Where did they get all the guns from?"

"I don't know my King" he answered.

"What did you mean by you don't know, who use to keep the guns?" Guards are looking at each others.

"It is one of my army, Boda" he said.

"Who use to give him permission to this and that?"

"Am the one my King"

"You see your life"

"Am so sorry my King for that"

"This is my final say, from now you have been remove from important people in this Kingdom"

"My King!! The King" he shouted.

"And all your children will be treat as a slave, it is all your generation that I mean"

"You can do this, you have to trust me since all this year that have been protecting you and the Kingdom"

"So get out" pointing at the door.

"My King, you don't trust me"

"Get out now, I said leave my palace" he left with angry face, he met his wife outside their house standing looking unhappy, she followed him to the palace and left early.

"Welcome my husband" she greeted.

"How are you" say with bad voice.

"Am fine, I heard all what happened and what my father said was very bad" she felt bad.

"We have to leave this Kingdom now" he said.

"Why? My husband" looking at him.

"With all what happened, you are still asking me why, with all what the king said"

"Am sorry my husband.

"Go inside pack some things that you will need and let leave this Kingdom now"

"Okay, my husband" she went to her room packed her loads inside a big bag and came out after some minutes.

He collected the bag that his loads was inside it from her hand and they left the kingdom when they got to the forest he stopped and faced his wife.

"I don't want to set my eye on any human being again, the King that I have been working for that it is not nine years now; before his father will dead that is when I have been protecting him as his body guard. He become the King it is seven years now and he doesn't trust me, I don't know that is how human being is" he said with bitter voice.

"Don't say that my husband" she was crying.

"So you follow this direction, you will get to a town" looking at her with painful eye.

"You can leave me like this, i am about to give birth" said with sad voice.

"I Am sorry, any time that you want to see me take this direction" Adeola had about to give birth when they separated, it is eight month pregnancy.

"Okay, my husband, but please let go together"

"I don't want to set my eye on any human being again and again" he shouted.

"Akinwuji!! Akinwuji!!!" Crying and shouting his name continuously.

"Don't tell anybody about me, even my child don't! I have reason for it and i am sorry"

"I can't leave you, I can't go"

"You have to do as I said, go now! " she was looking at him crying and she left.

He looked at her with painful eye and followed the other direction he just walking closed to the forest when he saw Onimi at his front.

"Welcome to our Kingdom" Onimi said.

"We meet again" he said.

"Yes, we meet again, Akinwuji that is human being for you and that is how they are"

"Who do all this?" He asked.

"All the chiefs, except Iyalode"

"All this chiefs, why?"

"Because the King like you more than them"

"Who kill Boda?"

"They, because they don't want him to say the secret of all what they did"

"He saw them?"

"No, he work with them and they paid him"

"People are very wicked" he breathe in.

"That is human being for you, welcome to our kingdom once again, we are happy to have you here" looking at him happily.

"Thank you very much for serving my life"

"That is all what happened"

"Ah!! Ah!!! Human being" Olu said.

"I told your mother not tell you about me or bearing my name because they can use you to find me or put her in trouble"

"That is human being for you" his mother said.

"But, the King too should trust you, if you want to overthrow the King it is not the slaves that you will empowered when you have armies. He need to think twice about it not to just give and order"

"Yes, father have to think about it but he didn't"

"Father, you need to take revenge"

"Not now, it have past"

"You can, you have to clear your name and let people know that all the chiefs are bad people"

"It is over more than twenty years now"

"This is best time for you to take revenge" Olu said.

"I don't have people to fight for me"

"All this people can fight for you" he said.

"Okay I heard you, I will tell my friend about it"

"This is the right time" Olu said.

"Yes, it is the right time for you" Adeola said.

"You can do it" Oyina said. Akinwuji was looking at them, hearing their interlocution.