One Hundred and Forty Three

Gift didn't have long to wait after bathing and beautifying herself.

A knock on the door and the rowdy noise outside her room indicated to her that the people were back and most probable with the police or with arms to inflict injuries on her or damage her body parts.

Before she could stand to see what it was all about, the knock came again. This time more insistent that the previous and harder too.

She opened the door and found mean looking policemen at the door.

'Are you Miss Gift Onyenma?' The head officer asked.

Gift assumed that he was the head officer be ause his rank superceded the others as she could see from his uniform.

'Yes, I am'.

'You will have to come with us. You are under arrest'.

'Under arrest did. you say, officer? For what? What offense have I committed?'

'You will be told when we get to the police station', he said and the younger officers came forward to cuff her.