Three days later, Chief Nnamani was shocked to wake up one day to find a court summons waiting for him. He nearly went berserk with anxiety. With trembling fingers, he tore the letter open and went through the words hurriedly, his heart racing. He could see his well fortified world crashing before his very eyes and he scratched his head irritably. He has always known it, always known the women in his life will bring him to ruin. His fears escalated when he discovered it was the notorious and radical human rights lawyer who would be prosecuting him. 
He felt a cold chill run down his spine. 
He knew the Barrister was an evil genius, a no nonsense, hardboiled lawyer with a never say die attitude, a man who likes to tread where even angels fear to tread. Many times, he’d put his life and job on the line just to defend his hard core stance. During the military dictatorship of past heads of state, he was in and out of prison countless times for opposing military dictatorship in the country and he definitely made things difficult for the military until they went back to the barracks. Even the past and present civilian governments were not spared of his disciplinary machinery.
Unable to take the thoughts any longer, he sank into a sofa and momentarily passed out. For the first time in his life, he felt he was truly losing it all, felt something going irreparably wrong and yet, he was unable to control it. He could also feel his confidence gradually ebbing away and evaporating into the thin air. Just then, he realized that he has bitten off more than he could chew and he felt sorry for himself. He was still contemplating his bleak future soberly when his cell phone began to ring. It was the Emir of Kanfaru, one of his political godfathers. 
“Good morning, Alhaji,” Senator Nnamani greeted him as soon as he picked up the call.
“What’s good about this morning, eh Fred, tell me, what’s good?” he’d berated him immediately. 
Senator Nnamani could see he was really very upset and annoyed with him. “Em…em,” he stammered.
“What’s this nonsense I’m hearing about court order and a murder attempt?”
“I’m sorry, Alhaji,” Chief muttered.
“Sorry, my foot. What’s all these nonsense all about? I thought you said you had everything under control?” he was really mad. “I mean, I thought you said you can handle it?”
“I’m sorry, Alhaji,” Chief muttered again.
“Don’t give me that dumb word again, do you hear me? Don’t give me that bullshit again. Gosh! I can’t believe this. I thought… I … I…, Oh my God!” he was completely bundled over with grief. “Look, you are my investment. I am interested in you because you are a prospect.”
“I …I …” Chief stammered.
“Listen and listen real good, I want you to take your hands off this case, do you hear me? As from this moment, I’m calling the shot, do you hear me?”
“Yes, Alhaji, anything you say.”
“Good. We are not meeting them in court. It is too risky to do that.”
“Anything you say, Alhaji,” he muttered again. “I believe everything will be okay.”
“It will be okay if we don’t meet them in court but from the way things are going, I doubt if we won’t. We have 4 witnesses in police custody, one at large and your daughter on the rage or what do you think?”
“My opinions exactly,” Chief quipped.
The line went dead.
For the next 2 days, Senator Nnamani, the condom company and its surrogates fought tooth and nail to settle the matter out of court but Pastor Okechukwu and the radical human rights lawyer and activist, Barr. Nwokedi Nwaka stuck to their guns. When they discovered they wouldn’t get a deal, they resorted to bullying, intimidating and harassing witnesses. Twice, Frankie was almost kidnapped and one attempt was made to snuff off the pastor’s life. Even the radical lawyer got threat letters.
When all these things failed, they decided to wipe out the witnesses. To facilitate the deal, bags of ‘Ghana must go’ exchanged hands. A day before the matter could be heard in court, the entire nation woke up to hear the 4 suspects who indicted Senator Nnamani were dead. According to the Police Public Relations Department, the men died out of suffocation. But the country suspected foul play when the suspects were interned the very same day. 
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