She Has Been Fooled

“Finally! The obstacle and the stubborn fly are all out of our way. I will be the Governor of this state. The next election will determine that. But for now, let the deputy be in charge all that affair. He deserves it since he has done a good job as well by joining me”. Senator Ojo said. He was seated with Alhaja Fatima. The woman joined him to laugh. They clicked glasses and took a sip of their drink celebrating the Governor’s death which has just been recently announced.

“It is a good thing, is it not?” Alhaja Fatima said. Then she told Senator Ojo that although the Governor was dead, the deputy did nothing to make that come to pass.

“What do you mean?” He asked her.

“The honourable himself!” Alhaja said in mockery. Senator Ojo was taken aback by her sudden change of attitude. She dropped her glass on the table.

“You worked with the Governor and killed Lanre and then you walked with the deputy governor wanting to kill the Governor. But you didn’t succeed. Someone else did”. Alhaja Fatima said.

“I am sorry senator Ojo, but as it is, I have to betray you”. Alhaja Fatima said. She stood up from the chair. A group of men walked in.

“Kill him!” She ordered.

“What is all these? Are you not being unreasonable? You will go to prison if you kill me?” Senator Ojo said.

“I already have an assurance that I won’t”. She said. Then she ordered the men to shoot him. Just when they were about to shoot, the man laughed and suddenly disappeared into thin air.

Alhaja burst into laughter. She slapped her chest and did the same. She was prepared for this. She knew he would use fetish means to escape. She already vowed she would catch him herself if anything was to go wrong.

“Fatima, you dare to follow me?” Senator Ojo laughed evilly. He told her she would not make it out alive for trying to betray him.

“The child that forgets it’s mother’s breast is nothing but a disgrace!” He said to her. She laughed.

“I laugh at your foolishness because you forgot I’m the woman who stood by your side all these years. I am Alhaja Fatima. I will decide when to turn my back on you, and now is the time”. She said. He laughed. He told her she has just uttered nonsense. He told her he was self made.

“When a child sees his mother’s nakedness, he is reminded where he came from”. Alhaja Fatima said. She undressed herself before him.

“What are you doing?” He asked her. She told him she was bringing death to his doorstep.

“If a man does not kill a man, then a woman is needed to do a man’s job”. She said pointing a gun like him. He told her he was not afraid because it will not enter him. She laughed. Then she pulled the trigger.

“Not when you are faced with a woman’s nakedness”. She muttered. She shot at him continually until she was sure he is dead. She dressed up wanting to leave. It was then she realised that they were actually inside senator Ojo’s house. And this was a room hidden in his house. And she could not leave because she was trapped. She has been used and framed for murder. Right before her was the police asking her to put her hands up in surrender.

She has been fooled. “Olasile, you evil woman”. She muttered. How did the woman plan all these? How did she know what to do to prevent her from escaping? How did she even do it? These were questions that bothered Alhaja Fatima as she was being dragged away for the murder of senator Ojo. But her questions were not ones she could get an answer for.