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Chapter eleven: They're in it together.
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2020-07-17 17:18:39Omotayo
As I expected, dealing with chief Onuh was going to be very far from easy. He easily had the best lawyers in the country at his disposal and till date he has never lost a case put against him. Going through his criminal records had been an eye opener for me; the man has a spotless record and yet he is popular for his notorious activities.
He has been arrested twice but according to word on the street, the same judge always seems to be in charge of his case and it's rumored the judge was on his payroll. If any of these rumors are true, then definitely, I already lost the case even before I started. I stayed up all night reading through his files continuously, hoping I would find one flaw in his supposed clean slate but they was none, at least, none that was obvious but after years of working and watching my dad work, I've learnt that there's no perfect crime and behind that clean slate, there's a weakness and I'm
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