Summary

Chapter 13: Three actions quickly take place, back to back, which indicates the promise His Excellency made about sticking to the constitution. First. Mad Medico is interrogated and then deported from the country. Second, the Army Council, which never makes announcements, announces the promotion of Major Johnson Ossai, Director of the State Research Council, to colonel. Third, Ikem goes missing; Chris and Beatrice find out from Ikem’s neighbors he was hauled off in the middle of the night in two jeeps, which may or may not have been driven by soldiers, but identified themselves as being from the State Research Council.

Before Ikem went missing, Chris spoke with Ikem about what Ikem said at the University because the paper printed a story that had the ex-editor advocating regicide. Ikem assures Chris that this is not what he said. In an effort t find out what...