The Voice - Episode 1

The bomb blast

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It was a monday morning in the city of Calabar. People could be seen walking to and fro. Every young and old folk were walking briskly to their destination.

The city of Calabar is always a beehive of activities. People going to their various workplace could be seen rushing to avoid getting late to work.

Some stood on the road flagging down vehicles that would convey them to their destination. There was a sonorous noise in the whole city which was incessant and clamorous.

The noise which came from the fast moving vehicles accumulated with the noise of the hawkers, who were displaying their wares.

All moving vehicles suddenly came to an halt . It seemed as though, there was a gigantic traffic congestion that hindered them from moving.

All drivers peered outside through their window with a puzzled look on their face, wondering what was happening.

All the cars queued up within a short while causing a heavy traffic jam. Different car honks blared loudly as the drivers tried to create a way but all efforts were futile.

The hawkers were elated and gratified at the traffic jam, as they saw it as an opportunity to sell their wares. They moved from vehicle to vehicle propelling passengers to patronize them.

Detective Cole sat in his black BMW car and was behind the wheel. He was extremely infuriated at the traffic jam as he checked his golden wristwatch persistently, which was a gift from his newly wedded wife

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. He was running out of time and he disdain getting late to work. He angrily hit the honk of the car with a clenched fist.

“holy shit!”, he cursed under his breath and removed his seatbelt.

He decided to go have a look of what caused the traffic. He adjusted his suit tie properly and alighted from the car. He hadn’t taken more than three steps when he heard an explosion which came far away from where he stood. Before he could comprehend what was happening another sounded and swept everyone away from their feet.

The second explosion reverberated and flung him far away.

Just like flash, everything happened within a second. The cloud of debris and pieces of car’s fragment with a huge puff of smoke was all one could see.

In no minutes, the police came rushing to the scene with their sirens blaring loudly accompanied with tons of Ambulance vehicles.

Three officers jumped down from the van andbwalked closer to the victims while the other officers made way for other Ambulance vans.

They rushed out an carried the remainant of dead bodies on stretchers into the waiting vans and immediately sped off.

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The light stung her eyes as she opened them, Nelson Nora shielded her eyes with her right hand and pulled herself up from the sofa with her left. She rubbed her forehead, as they banged in a way she had never experienced before. She had just dismissed Cole her heart throb for work an hour ago before she slumped on the chair and slept off. It was the headache that woke her up and the pain she felt at that moment was unbearable, as they threatened to split her head.

She reached for the television remote control which laid on a low stool in front of her and turned on the Tv set.

She never wanted to do so, but something she couldn’t attest to, propelled her to do so. The sound coming from the television was going straight into her head and she decided to switch it off but something caught her attention. It was the news flash. She restrained and squint her blurry eyes to read the headline.

‘A bomb blast in calabar city.’ was the breaking news headline and a video footage of the explosion was shown afterwards. She readjusted her sitting position to have a clear view of the footage.

She saw dead bodies and fleshy part being carried away into the vans in haste, then the reporter was shown.

It was a female reporter which one could guess was in her mid-twenties.

"This is the first bomb blast of this kind that this city has seen and experienced. Five hundred and three (503) people were confirmed dead who were victims of the unfortunate incident and twelve (12) were found injured including our beloved Detective Cole who was trapped in the traffic jam before the explosion”

Nora suddenly sprung up as though, she was being poured hot water.

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. She was aghasted and petrified that Cole was also a victim. Beads of sweat immediately began to form on her forehead and her legs started vibrating. The bangs in her head doubled from worse to worst. She tried to catch up with the last details as she concentrated on the Tv screen.

"The police are yet to comment on the bomb blast. We will be back with an official police statement. Its lance Precious reporting. Thanks for

watching, stay with us.”

The reporter said and her pretty face gave way for a bank advertisement. She switched off the television and began to pace up and down with worriment. She touched her forehead and the pain was severe. She became dizzy and her legs began to twitch. She couldn’t hang on any longer, it gave way and she slumped to the tiled floor.

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