01x03 - Episode 3

[bunniefuu]

[tense music playing]

[splutters] So,

you really k*lled Khalifah?

[Binta] He was our enemy.

Costing us votes was just the beginning.

k*lling you would have been his next move.

- We just beat him to it.

- [yells] We?!

No. No, Binta. [yells]

I had nothing to do with this!

What about all those lives? Hmm?

What about all those lives on the plane?

- They're unfortunate collateral.

- [disgusted sigh]

Trust me. There was

no other way to avoid it. I

Who Who the hell are you, Binta?

I am the woman who chose you.

And there's nothing

I will not do to put you on that seat.

- So, man up.

- [dog barks in distance]

Don't let your p*nis distract you.

Focus on the damn campaign.

[dogs barking in distance]

What's all this for? Mm? A seat?

Of course not.

It is for the benefit

of all the people of Kowa.

And it is our destiny

to lead this state to greatness.

You and I, alone.

Now you have to break up with her.

[in Hausa] Either you break up

with her or I will do it for you.

[tense music fades out]

[poignant theme music playing]

[theme music continues]

[theme music ends]

[bright music playing]

[hooters honking]

[Binta] You did not come to bed?

How can I?

When my wife has just admitted

to me that she is a m*rder*r.

[sighs]

- [sighs heavily, grunts]

- [dog barking in distance]

It was to protect us.

But are we any safer?

Please, tell me.

Is this the first time that you

have taken a human life?

- It doesn't matter.

- It matters to me.

I need to know

who the hell I'm married to!

I am the woman whose father you k*lled.

[tense music playing]

What nonsense is this?

Years ago, you, Dikko,

and Khalifa ran over

an old man and you didn't stop.

You left him on the road to die.

[voice breaking] That was my father!

Yeah. I vowed to make all of you pay.

[sharp inhale]

But as I got close to you,

I realized you were the sweetest,

most caring man I have ever met.

And I couldn't do it.

[softly] I couldn't do it.

Instead I fell in love with you.

And here we are.

[deep breath]

[deep breath]

- I took care of Dikko.

- [dramatic sting]

So there's your answer.

I gave up on k*lling Khalifa,

until he turned on us.

Binta

And if I can love

the man who k*lled my father

just imagine how far

I can go for that same man.

[tense music playing]

[gentle piano music playing]

[hooters honking]

[phone ringing]

- Yes?

- He's here, ma'am.

- Should I show him in?

- Yes, please.

[keyboard keys clacking]

[Alicia sighs] Oh!

- Hi.

- Hi.

Uh [clears throat] Uh

How was your flight?

Uh, quite uneventful but well-catered.

- Thank you.

- I'm glad.

[sighs]

So, Mr. Boston Bobby Brown.

How on earth did you get that name?

[sighs] It's a nickname

from school, I'm afraid.

Way back in Jos.

It stuck so much, I decided to go with it.

- Now, I use it strictly for the job.

- I like it.

- So, shall we begin?

- Please.

I'm sorry.

I know that I should have listened

to you before blaming you,

but you have to understand,

it's a lot for me.

To get a call from your school

saying you set your class on fire!

Look, I am doing everything I can

to make us comfortable.

Is it too much

to want you to do well in school?

Especially as your father

is not bringing anything.

And whose fault is that?

[unsettling music playing]

Is it because you won't ask for his help?

After he destroyed

our home and betrayed me?

Then maybe it's your fault he cheated.

Don't you ever dare speak to me

like that again. Do you understand?

I may not be the best mother in the world,

but I'm the only one you have.

I'm doing the best I can!

[tense music playing]

[sighs]

- [tense music continues]

- [birds chirping]

[machine beeping]

Nurse! Nurse!

[knock on door]

[Amal in Hausa] You're welcome.

- How is it?

- [Amal] Fine.

Did you come alone?

- Yeah.

- That's good.

[in English] That means

you'll stay for lunch.

- [in Hausa] I have cooked tuwon shinkafa

- [in English] Amal, just

- Just wait.

- [tense music playing]

We need to talk.

[in Hausa] What happened?

[in English] This you

and me, it's over, Amal.

[in Hausa] Nuhu, I don't understand.

- [in English] What are you saying?

- [sighs]

I'm no longer interested

in being with you. And

Day by day, it gets harder for me

to find a reason to be with you.

[in Hausa] You've never spoken

to me like this. What have I done?

- [in English] What have I done?

- My people

will bring you some cash,

okay? You can go to Dubai or Oman,

- but you must leave Kowa.

- Nuhu!

Nuhu!

[in Hausa] I'm pregnant.

[tense music playing]

[mobile phone ringing]

Hello?

What?!

Are the doctors with her?

Okay, I'm on my way.

[machine beeping]

No one is allowed in here.

I left strict instructions.

- I am the

- I know who you are.

ASP Katung. Please, madam, leave.

- And you are?

- I am DSS.

This is a local case.

Why is there a federal agent here,

and why have we not been alerted?

This is not up for discussion.

We appreciate the part you played

in apprehending the suspect.

But we're taking over from here.

Let's see what the Commissioner

has to say about this.

[machine beeping]

Hello, sir.

I'm at the hospital and there is DSS here,

trying to take over the t*rror1st case.

Understood, sir.

This is bullshit.

[mobile phone ringing]

Hello. Hello. Who is this?

[Dikko] Old stud.

Is this some sort of joke?

It's no joke, my friend. I'm alive.

Dikko.

- [stammering] Dikko, how the hell are

- Alive?

Your wife really tried to change that.

If you value your life

and the lives of your loved ones,

you'll meet with me at once,

where we played as children.

- [wistful music playing]

- [critters buzzing]

Nuhu.

[softly] Dikko.

Dikko, this is impossible. I

You were shot in the attack.

I went to your funeral.

What can I say?

I needed a break from life.

Why? Why all this?

Don't insult me

by pretending that you do not know.

Know what?

That the reason why

you are still alive is because

your wife, Binta, decided to let you live,

while Khalifa

and I were left for the maggots.

Dikko, it wasn't that easy.

Okay, does anybody else

know you are alive?

They will, soon enough.

And let me tell you, every single person

who double-crossed

and betrayed me will pay heavily.

Starting with your wife.

If she goes down, you go with her.

That is, unless you accept my terms.

What do you mean by that?

You must announce

your withdrawal

from the gubernatorial elections

within the week

or suffer the consequences.

Dikko, think this through.

Okay? If anything, my being governor

will actually give me a chance

to right the wrongs

committed by my wife, Binta.

- I trusted you before. Never again.

- Dikko, come on.

You either announce

your withdrawal within the week

or you go down with your wife for m*rder.

[unsettling music playing]

[Dikko] I've done my part.

Nuhu will be stepping down

from the race tomorrow.

Wow! [laughs]

This is great.

You're everything Sambisa says you are.

I will need our agreement signed.

Well

I will get an MOU drawn up

- tomorrow morning for you to sign.

- I need it now.

You need it now?

[laughs]

If you will be kind enough

to wait outside.

You can imagine

the sensitive nature of such a document.

Oh.

[inhales] There you are.

- Right on time.

- Sir.

Zubairu, please excuse us.

- Okay, sir.

- Have you heard the news?

- I met with Dikko today.

- [tense music playing]

He's alive and he's coming for us.

And he knows that you tried to k*ll him.

He has proof

and he's threatening to go to the press

unless I withdraw from the elections.

[tense music playing]

[softly] No. No. No.

[whimpering]

[sighs]

- Did you see it?

- What?

Did you see the proof?

Binta, are you listening to yourself?

The man is alive. That is proof enough.

- His death was all over the papers.

- My God!

- This has Sanusi written all over it.

- Binta.

I mean, who else

stands to gain if you withdraw?

I know in my gut he was behind the b*mb.

Oh, he failed there

and now his new strategy

is to destroy your reputation. No.

No. We cannot allow that.

We don't have a choice, Binta.

This, this cannot be the end.

Not after everything we have gone through.

How did you think

that k*lling Dikko will pan out?

He was my friend, Binta!

- Khalifa was my friend!

- And I am your wife!

Your friends were vile.

They do not deserve

your allegiance or loyalty.

So you want me

to ignore Dikko and carry on

and risk being destroyed,

not to talk of going to jail?

Huh?

[inhales]

[exhales]

- [sighs] My love, I will take care of it.

- No.

You have done quite enough, okay?

I will announce

my resignation from the race.

And then I can figure out whatever,

- whatever this is.

- What?

And even though Amal was pregnant,

I have given you what you wanted.

[door slams shut]

Nafisa, we're moving out of this place.

[in Hausa] Now, you hear? Hurry up!

Like, how?

[mobile phone ringing]

Oh, gosh!

Who?

- Hello?

- [Binta] You b*tch!

- Who is this?

- Did you

think I would never find out?

How can you hide

the fact that Dikko is alive?

Binta, what do you mean? Dikko is alive?

[in Hausa] Truthfully, I didn't know.

- [in English] I did not know.

- Liar!

I'm not lying.

[in Hausa] I'm telling you

the truth. I didn't know.

[in English] I've been

on the run since we k*lled him.

Nafisa, don't play games with me!

I am not playing games, Binta.

Unlike you, that have rich

and powerful people to protect you.

[in Hausa] You know I don't have anybody.

[in English] I am on my own.

I I'm sorry.

I am just so stressed

about the whole thing.

Look.

We need to find Dikko.

He knows we tried to k*ll him.

I don't want any part of this.

[in Hausa] Do you understand?

- I am done!

- Are you crazy

[disconnected tone]

- [tense music playing]

- [sighs]

[in English]

That was Binta. She is panicking.

Good. Let her panic.

We're moving out of this place now.

[in Hausa] Sambisa knows where I am.

He knows this house.

Do you understand?

Hurry. Come and pick what you can.

Go, go, quickly.

Greetings.

Your Highness, may you live long.

Have you seen this? Have you?

Look at what is happening.

- We want you to hold onto this

- [guard] Exactly.

and keep supporting us.

Yes, keep supporting us

- the way you've been doing in the past.

- [in English] sh*t!

[in English] Did you know about this?

[Rabo] I found out about

the same time as you.

- What the hell is going on?

- [phone vibrating]

Rabo, let me call you back.

Hello. Good evening, ma'am.

[Binta] Miriam, I need you at the house.

I am sorry, ma'am,

but I have closed for the evening

and I'm heading home to see my son.

I need you to come here now. Now!

- That was not a request. This is urgent.

- [sighs]

I'm on my way.

[hooters honking]

- [crickets chirping]

- [Binta] ASP, thank you for coming.

[sighs]

My husband is preparing

to withdraw

from the governor's race this week.

What?! Why?

[sighs] He's being blackmailed

by an old enemy,

who wants to release

all sort of lies to the press.

So why is he withdrawing if it's all lies?

It's because it's more about me

than it is about him, ASP.

I made some choices when I was younger.

The blackmailers

got hold of this information

and exaggerated it.

Nuhu doesn't want me to go through

the hell of being paraded

in the press. [sighs]

And you know women

like us are soft targets,

because we don't

just sit down and take sh*t.

Right?

- So what do you need me to do?

- [sighs]

Are you able to use your police resources

to trace down a number?

Officially, it may take a while.

And it may be too late.

Can it be done unofficially?

[Buba grunts]

Hey.

- [Alicia exhales]

- Stop worrying.

I can't help myself.

I'm fighting for survival here.

[disgruntled sigh]

Your aviation investigator

Yeah. I hope

he helps us figure all this out.

How did you get to know him?

You never said.

Through the people

we lease our planes from.

Just wondering.

Do you think, by chance,

he's going to clear your name

and so you would not be

under any pressure to marry me?

Buba.

I'll pretend you did not just say that.

Boston Bobby Brown is one of the top

aviation accident investigators

in the world.

And then what exactly is this?

What are we doing?

Buba, not today. Please.

Not today.

[somber music playing]

- [traffic noise]

- [Sanusi] I asked you to do just one thing

and you messed it up completely.

How do you expect people to embrace you

as the new emir

after seeing you paying off a kingmaker?

I'm sorry.

I don't want your excuses. I don't care.

Make sure that that video

is taken down within the hour

or I am washing my hands off you.

Your Excellency, we we can shut it down.

Shut it down as if it is a generator.

Please go! Just go! Get out!

- Sorry, sir.

- [yells] I said go!

That is your problem.

- [traditional string music playing]

- [horses neighing]

I will be withdrawing from the race.

I, uh I'll make the announcement today.

Why?

I'm being blackmailed,

- and I think Sanusi is behind it.

- That b*stard!

How bad is it?

It's bad.

This is going to rock Kowa.

I know. I, uh

I have I have no wiggle room left.

My hands are tied. I

I gave it my best shot.

There's one crucial thing though.

Remember the mines in Nanji,

- the one with the diamond deposit?

- Mm.

I was going to acquire it

when I become governor

and use my executive power

to make the villagers

shareholders

in the mining processing company.

I remember.

I made a promise to the community.

There's a little girl there. She [sighs]

[sighs]

Look, I think we can still

help the villagers

without me being governor.

We may have

to look at a private acquisition.

I think Sanusi is aware

of the diamond mines

and he wants to exploit it for himself.

You can't stop him now if that's the case.

[sighs] No, I can't. But we can.

Why do I have a feeling

I will not like the sound of this?

Look, with a couple of business partners,

we can acquire the land

as soon as possible.

I will just need you

to be the face of the project and

that would need you to become emir,

sooner rather than later.

- [tense music playing]

- [indistinct chatter in background]

[children chattering in background]

- [door slams]

- [in Hausa] May peace be with you.

- [tense music playing]

- What's this?

What happened? What have I done?

- Hey, keep quiet.

- [Haruna in Arabic] All sufficient God!

[in English] Shut up!

[in Hausa] What have I done to you?

[in English] You're going

to help right a wrong.

[in Hausa] May God have mercy on us.

If this is about that video

Now, listen to me very carefully.

- Are you listening?

- I'm listening.

[in English] We have arranged

a few radio and TV interviews.

[in Hausa] You're going

to tell the people of Kowa

that watched

the video clip that is circulating.

You'll say that money that

you collected in that clip

was given to you

[in English] so as to influence

the selection of the next emir of Kowa.

[in Hausa] Who should I say

has given it to me?

Buba Koda.

So, despite my old age,

you're insinuating that

I should lie against Buba?

You either lie

against Buba Koda or you die.

- [Nafisa screaming] Ah!

- [in Pidgin] Sir, stop this car.

Let me find a good spot to park.

- [exclaims in pain] Oh, gosh!

- [Dikko] Stop this car.

[Dikko] Stop this car, please.

- [Dikko] Sorry, Nafisa.

- [Nafisa] Gosh! Hospital!

[in Hausa] No, stop talking

about hospital. We can't Sir, please,

- we're opposite the gate now.

- [driver] Wait.

- Don't switch it off.

- [Nafisa screaming]

- [Dikko] Stop it!

- [Nafisa yelps, grimacing]

[in Hausa] And who is

going to take me to the hospital?

- [Dikko] Nafisa. Nafisa.

- [crying]

Sir, close the door.

Let's go to the hospital!

- Oh, please.

- The baby is about to come out.

No way! I'm not going anywhere

- other than the hospital.

- [Dikko] I can't go to the hospital

[screaming]

You know I can't go to the hospital.

- [Nafisa crying] It's coming out.

- Go to the hospital. I'll call you.

- I'll call you, Nafisa. I'll call you.

- [Nafisa] Oh gosh! [pained groans]

[Nafisa screaming]

sh*t!

[melancholic music playing]

[knock on door]

Coming.

- Yes?

- My boss sent me.

He says you know what this is.

[gentle music playing]

- Have a nice day, ma.

- [mobile phone ringing]

[Nuhu] Look, Amal,

now is not a good time, okay?

- I cannot

- Why are you not picking my calls, Nuhu?

[in English] It was a good time

when you wanted to see me.

When you told me that you loved me.

When you put the baby in me.

They were all good times.

[sobbing] Now that I am pregnant

and have sacrificed my reputation

and everything for you,

it is not a good time?

Amal, listen to me.

Listen, Nuhu,

I am not one of those girls

that you can use and dump.

If you do not take responsibility

for this child, I'll make sure

- the whole of Kowa does.

- Amal, listen to me. Just calm down, okay?

[stammers] I'll be with you

in 15 minutes, okay? Fifteen minutes.

Please.

[in Pidgin] I'm the driver.

We're driving to go to Abuja.

And she started labor,

so I bring her to the hospital.

[in English] So, where is he?

[in Pidgin] ] I don't know.

The man got out of my car.

[in English] Please go

and bring her things to the reception.

- Sorry. Sorry, ma.

- Sorry. Sorry.

[mobile phone ringing]

- Hello?

- [Binta] Who is this?

My name is Sister Maimuna.

They just brought

a woman to the hospital now.

She has gone into early labor. Um,

I think her name is Nafisa.

Yours was the last number

I saw on her phone.

Please come to the Kowa

teaching hospital now.

Amal, I have given you

more than enough cash.

What more do you want from me?

You! Nuhu, I want you.

You can keep your money. I don't want it.

I want what you promised me.

You promised me a name

and I want it, for the child.

That is not possible right now.

It will happen.

How else am I supposed to explain this?

See, listen to me. Listen to me, okay?

I am doing this for you.

Being with me right now is not safe.

- It can get you k*lled.

- [scoffs]

Nuhu, I died the day

I said yes to a married man.

So please, think of something else.

Amal, they will come for you.

Is that all you can offer?

Is that all you can offer?

[in Hausa] Liar! Fool! Heartless!

[Amal hisses]

[in English] I came here

in the middle of a mess,

to see if we can sort this out

like two civilized adults.

But clearly, you're not

in the right frame of mind.

Take the money, stick to the instruction.

[in Hausa] Is it not so?

- Nuhu. Nuhu!

- [in English] Take the money!

[body thuds]

- Amal.

- [tense music playing]

Amal.

[tense music playing]

Amal.

[theme music playing]