That Winston Udor was a dictator in his own household was obvious from what both Alice and her mother told Abel. This only made Abel more determined to confront the man. As a reporter, he...
An hour after Abel rose drowsily from the settee at six a.m., his guest still had not emerged. The sky was already bright and he could hear tawny-flanked prinias chirping happily in the trees that...
In the small neat guest room, sleep did not come easily to Alice. She was enjoying the luxury of the house and felt she sincerely loved its owner. But the comfortable surroundings could not stop...
Abel threw himself into the investigation. He spent his days researching certain police files to which he was given access. Chief Benson had paved the way with the Commissioner. These files contained the names of...
The thick cloud of gloom that had hung over The Zodiac lifted gradually on Wednesday morning once people read Abel’s story. The mood of The Zodiac staff matched the clear, sunny Lagos weather. And they...
Abel arrived early at the State Police Headquarters in Ikeja to get an update on the official investigation. He found Fakorede in a small, crowded office. Unlike the night before, when the Sergeant had been...
Lagos woke up on Tuesday morning overwhelmed with the stench of death and fear. Every paper, every radio and television station, led with the story of Tunde’s shocking murder. Killings by robbers and ritualists were so...
The visitors streamed out of Lola’s apartment to find several additional policemen standing guard in the courtyard. Abel saw his boss separate himself from the Police Commissioner. He knew it was a silent signal that...
The rains had stopped by the time they arrived at 10 Williams Street, an unpainted block of flats with a foreboding feeling of death in the air. Ogba is a high-density area of a medley...
Peter Abel stared down at the two bloody severed ears. The last time he had seen them, they were on either side of Tunde Picketts’ head. Now they were sealed in a plastic evidence bag,...