“Lt. Clottey, many dramatic things have happened in the past few hours. I want you to brief Mr. Sackey about all that has happened, please. I will explain some other issues to you later when we are going home,” the Acting President said.
The soldier immediately began to brief the national security capo about the plot and attempts on the life of the Acting President, from the fateful night him, Lt. Clottey, arrested a man and took him to the James Town Police station for attempting to rape a woman. The security capo, shocked in silence as Lt. Clottey narrated to him all that had happened, could not believe it when he heard that his deputy was behind the plot.
“You don’t mean my Deputy, Rex Yamaoh?” he said. Both the Acting President and the soldier nodded.
“Oh my God, I have to get him arrested immediately! Why would he want you dead, madam? This is unbelievable!” the shocked security capo said. Then he decided to call Rex Yamoah. However, try as he did, he could not get through to his deputy because his phone was off.
Having failed to get through to Rex Yamoah, Ian Sackey phoned one of his most senior operatives and ordered him to go arrest Rex Yamoah immediately.
“Arrest Mr. Yamoah!?” the shocked security operative asked, not too sure he had heard correctly.
“Kusi, you heard me correctly,” the security capo said.
“Okay sir” he heard Kwame Kusi say hesitantly.
Turning his attention to the Acting President, he promised that his deputy would be behind bars within a matter of minutes.
“So, Your Excellency can go home, change and be at the airport to welcome Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev”, he said. This left Lt. Clottey confused again. As far as he was aware, the decision was that President Marfo would be at the airport himself to welcome his Russian counterpart. He therefore did not understand what the security capo meant when he talked about the Vice-President being at the airport.
“Let’s go, lieutenant” the Acting President said and started walking away towards the car. A confused Lt. Clottey followed her to the vehicle they came in.
“Madam, can I please say something before you sit down please?” Lt. Clottey asked when they got to the car. Gertrude Mensah turned to him, smiled and told him she has good news.
“For your ears only…President Marfo just stepped down as President of this country based on doctors’ advice. I am now the Acting President of the country. The resignation of the President would be announced this evening to be followed immediately with my swearing in” she said.
Lt. Clottey stared at the Acting President, stunned. The Acting President opened the door of the vehicle and took a seat. Lt. Clottey, still stunned, walked briskly to the driver’s section of the vehicle, opened the door and got in. He started the engine of the vehicle and was soon on the road to Gertrude Mensah’s house
The news that Vice-President Gertrude Mensah was now the de facto President of Ghana was a surprise to Lt. Clottey but as far as he was concerned, it was good news; it now meant that she no longer had to report to anybody about the attempts to assassinate her. She simply has to take action to arrest all those who were behind the plot.
“Congratulations, Madam”, he said, smiling.
“Thank you, Lieutenant. I owe it to you. I could never have ascended to this position if the assassination had succeeded. Get ready to become my Aide-De-Camp. With you near me, I will feel very safe,” she said, smiling.
“Thank you, Madam,” Lt. Clottey said, happy to hear he was going to be the President’s ADC. An ADC may not be as influential as a Cabinet Minister, an MP or the Chief Justice but surely, in many other practical terms, he is more powerful than all these people are.