Chapter 9 - The Reckoning in EnuguTwo weeks later, the tremors of the Lagos boardroom coup reached all the way to Enugu.
Uncle Obinna and Aunt Ngozi sat in their small, cluttered pharmacy, watching the evening news in absolute horror. The screen showed Chima Eze standing side-by-side with me at a national press conference, announcing a massive philanthropic grant for micro-entrepreneurs and market women across the eastern states.
And right beside that news report, a breaking headline scrolled across the screen:
NAFDAC SEALS EZE PHARMACY OUTLETS IN ENUGU FOLLOWING WHISTLEBLOWER FRAUD INVESTIGATION. OWNERS WANTED FOR QUESTIONING.
The shop door flew open.
Three local police officers marched inside, holding an arrest warrant bearing Uncle Obinna’s name.
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Chief Okafor had already abandoned them, fleeing the state after his political campaign was torpedoed by financial association scandals linked to Obinna’s illegal drug supply ring.
As the heavy steel handcuffs clicked onto Obinna’s wrists, he stared blankly at the television screen, realizing too late that the poor niece he tried to sell like livestock for ten million naira had just reclaimed an empire—and closed the door on his entire world.
