Thu, Dec 8, 2022
Austin Oredo is found dead in a hotel room with a knife in his chest, ring finger and genitals amputated. Initial suspicions fall on his mistress Veno, Austin's wife Mayenne and ex-wife, Kemi. The investigation narrows on Mayenne, who they discover had been in the hotel room that morning. Mayenne confesses to receiving a tip-off on her husband's philandering. She'd rushed in a blind rage to the hotel. Too late - he was dead. She panics and flees. Ex-wife Kemi provides a lead - Austin's membership of Prime Cult, their old university confraternity. Investigations reveal the cult is still active with shadowy members now in government and business. KC and Danny's spotlight quickly falls on Tony Akpata, business partner and close 'friend' of Austin and a full member of the Prime Cult. Suddenly, Veno turns up dead and her boyfriend Tami is on the run. Tami is a 'white bead' - an aspiring full member of Prime Cult. Veno was set up to drug Austin by Tami on Tony's instructions. Tony is arrested, tried and found guilty of murdering Austin. Motive? Tony is in a secret affair with Austin's wife Mayenne. Tami, in police protection, is found and killed - by the cult.
Thu, Dec 15, 2022
Two brothers stop to buy sweets on their way to school, leaving their six-year-old sister Esohe in a local taxi. Suddenly, the driver zooms off with Esohe inside - kidnapped. The SSCU is called in to investigate. They trace the driver to a local bar but as he runs off he is hit and killed by a truck. Soon after Esohe's family receives a ransom note. Kelechi and Danny raise the money and the drop-off is arranged. It all goes disastrously wrong. Papa Esohe is left stranded as the kidnappers make a clean getaway with the money. Esohe is still nowhere to be found. Soon after, Esohe's body is discovered in a refuse dump. An autopsy reveals she had been genitally mutilated. Kelechi and Danny generate a list of local 'slicers'. One name pops up - Esohe's aunty, Grace. They raid Grace's house and find her all packed, about to leave town. In court, it emerges that Grace, her sister Clara and Esohe's grandmother are behind it all. Esohe had unexpectedly bled to death and the fake kidnap story was to cover their tracks. Riddled with guilt, Clara ensured they were caught by dumping the body in a public refuse dump.
Thu, Dec 22, 2022
Two young women alight from a taxi one dark evening a little drunk. Too late, they have landed bang in the middle of the dreaded 'Oro' procession. The women are struck dead and their bodies spirited away. Unknown to the Oro, the crime is witnessed by another young lady, Shalewa, hiding nearby. She inadvertently attracts the attention of the lead masquerade who quickly discovers where she is hiding, raises his staff to strike her dead but inexplicably turns away. Next morning the SSCU's Kelechi and Danny are on the scene. The Oro is widely feared and witnesses are reluctant to come forward. Kelechi finds Shalewa, but her father Kamoru refuses to allow her to testify, afraid of an Oro backlash. After difficult negotiations with the local chiefs, an agreement is reached for the Oro and its lead masquerade to come in for questioning - and eventually court - in ceremonial masks. Their lawyer argues that the masquerades are spirits and cannot be tried as mere mortals. Kelechi however is convinced she knows the masquerade's true identity. The judge pronounces them innocent, and as they triumphantly proceed out of the courtroom, Kelechi defiantly calls out his name. He is Kamoru, Shalewa's father.