Who is your enemy Rere? The President?
INT. RERE’S OFFICE-MORNING
(Inside Rere’s office she was going through some files on her table when Roti comes in with a file in his hand)
Roti: (smiling) good morning this morning
Roti: how was your night?
Rere: great (passes a document to him) I need you to give me the names of the delegate that you think will not accept money
Roti: you want to start with them
Rere: yes, but I need to know their weakness, I want to know everything that makes them tick
Roti: you will get it by tomorrow morning
Rere: and I have seen the possible sponsors and I think Malcolm Energy and Gas is our sponsor
Roti: why Malcolm?
Rere: because they are desperate. They have been lobbying for the Monopoly of buying our oil for a long time, give them that and they will support us
Roti: and there is a reason why they don’t have it
Rere: whatever reason it may be, I don’t care. If letting them have the monopoly means getting money to fund the election, so be it
Roti: I don’t think this is a good idea
Rere: Roti?
Roti: I mean did you even consider other companies?
Rere: of course I did but we don’t have the time to convince them to sponsor the president when there is someone else that won’t waste my time (Roti looks unconvinced) I know you have your doubts Roti but I have no other choice
Roti: of course there are other choices but you are just not willing to consider them. I mean this is not your typical Nigerian company, it is a foreign company. Give them that monopoly and they will come back for more
Rere: (stands up and put a document inside her handbag) I have a meeting with the CEO
Roti: (looking surprised) so fast
Rere: I told you I have no time to waste
Roti: if you want a company to sponsor an election, you should meet the CEO, not the regional director
Rere: and I said I am meeting the CEO
Roti: he is in Nigeria?
Rere: yes. Fortunately for me, there is a biannual conference about petroleum and energy going on in Abuja and the CEO happens to be the guest speaker
Roti: (smiling) oh you have done your assignment, you ask me to this kind of things
Rere: (smiling) I knew you won’t agree with the choice I am about to make
Roti: I don’t like it
Rere: don’t worry, I have got this
Roti: in this kind of scenario, the president should be the one meeting the CEO and not you
Rere: I need to know the kind of person I am dealing with before I get him into a room with the President
Roti: (gives her the document in his hand) take
Rere: (collects it) what is this?
Roti: the candidates for the position of secretary of state
Rere: I will look at it in the car and pick one or better still who do you think I should pick
Roti: I say you go for Senator Abdulsalam Audu, he has a lot of influence in the party
Rere: okay (drops the file on her table and picks her bag and starts to leave)
Roti: before you go
Rere: what?
Roti: the firm’s account was credited this morning from the President. What is that about?
Rere: that is our fee for getting his bill passed and bringing the scientist home safely
Roti: that is a lot of money
Rere: and we are going to be receiving half of that every month till the end of the election
Roti: that is good
Rere: lest I forget again
Roti: what?
Rere: I need you to set up a meeting between the senate president and me
Roti: (confuse) the senate president? Why?
Rere: the enemy of my enemy is my friend
Roti: the enemy of your enemy is your friend, who is your enemy Rere? The President?
Rere: that came out wrong, I meant to say keep your enemies closer
Roti: why will you want to do that?
Rere: because you don’t know when he will to be useful to us. Today’s enemy can be tomorrow’s friend
Roti: I see no usefulness in the Senate President
Rere: will you please set up the meeting
Roti: of course I will
Rere: thanks (she opens the door and leaves)
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