Episode 27
Edges Of Prison
[ RECAP: In Episode 26, Lovelace went home to get a duplicate recording. She was chased by Officer Derrickās men because he had become involved with Dzifa romantically and promised to help her.
The second recording was eventually taken from Lovelace and she was also sentenced to two years imprisonment for deceiving the court. ]
Prior to the Judgeās pronounce
ment, Lovelace looked for the memory card she took from the phone but couldnāt found it. She assumed the officers took it away along with the mobile phones.
Now she was heading towards Prison to spend two years there because she couldnāt pay a fine of Ghc11,891.39 (800,000 Naira).
It was not her Short prison sentence that hurt her most. The thought of seeing Milson, an innocent teacher and friend going to languish in prison for 25 good years was heartbreaking to her.
Some girls from Tutukpene Senior High school also came to the court to witness the court proceedings.
There was huge jubilation on the side of Dzifa and the girls when the verdict was pronounced.
The Court Clerk said ,āSilence in court.!!āSuddenly ,the court was as quiet as a cemetery. Then he ordered the Court to rise! The judge and jury were getting ready to leave the court.
Dzifa said to Derrick, the officer,
āI will give it to you today hot and raw.ā
Officer Derrick was all smiles. He gazed at Dzifaās breast lustfully and said , āOf course, I canāt seem to have enough of use. You taste more than honey.ā
He hit Dzifa on her buttocks and they both laughed. It was an awful sight as Millson and Dzifa were handcuffed and thrown into the police bullet proof van, ready to be transported to PRISON.
{Millsonās Point Of View}
After I was found āguiltyā of possession of banned drugs and sentenced to 25 years imprison
ment with hard labour, my faith in God weakened for a few minutes.
At that material moment, I was lost for words. Somehow, I saw myself in a dreamland. How can I be guilty of a crime I didnāt commit. My legs wobbled under me and my wind pipe blocked all of a sudden as I was lost of air.
This is not fair. Iām going to waste twenty ā five good years in prison for a crime I didnāt commit. Tears well in my eyes and flow freely like the clean waters of a great waterfall cascading at enormous depth.
The police van soon headed towards Ankaful Maximum Security Prison.
Soon I would begin my prison sentence. Nobody cares about my innocence.
Then I stopped crying and told myself, āMilson, you are a Christian, pray to your God. Donāt lose hope.ā
I encouraged myself that all hope was not lost. Suddenly I closed my eyes and with tears in my eyes , I prayed to God.
A Prayer for Hope
Lord, help me to hear you saying,
āI am your hopeā over all the other voices.
Lord, your word says, you are the hope for hopeless so Iām running to you with both hands stretched out and grabbing on to you.
Fill me up with hope and give me a tangible reminder today that hope is an unbreakable spiritual lifeline (Hebrews 6:19-20).
God, you know those things in my heart that I barely dare to hope for, today I give them to you, I trust them to you, and ask that you because I know that you can do more than I could ever guess, imagine or request in wildest dreams (Eph 3:20).
God, you are my hope and I trust you.
Soon we reached the prison.
A group of prisoners were taken outside to work. Guess who I saw among the prisoners. My former colleagues who were arrested for impregnating school girls and helping them to abort their babies which led to their death. They were ; Kwame Ankrah, Franklin Nuru, George Quaye and Ashong.
When they saw me and Lovelace , they were shocked. And it was understandable. In their mind , they may be asking several questions, what is the āPOPEā doing here among us the criminals?ā
I gazed at Lovelaceās face. She was sad. Anxiety and fear was written all over her face.
I told her, āLovelace, donāt worry, we will leave here before you know it. Just be positive. Have faith. No fears, no tears.ā
MY words seemed to work magic on her. She giggled and hugged me but we were quickly separated by the police officers. Lovelace was taken to the female part of the prison and I was moved towards the male section.
Various documents were brought for me to sign. I took the pen and signed the documents.
My clothes were taken from me and I was given a khaki Shirt with a black star in the middle.
The prison warder took me to a Prison. The room number was 33.
I stepped in and sat down. I donāt know how long I stay in the cell but when I woke up, I saw my former colleagues in the prison room with me. They broke into smiles saying, āfinally the POPE has fallenā.
They laughed so loud that they didnāt see the prison warder opening the prison door.
āMilson Lamptey, step out.!ā he called me.
Suddenly they were quiet and gazed at the officer.
The prison warder took me to an office. My clothes were given back to me. I was surprised. Was I dreaming?ā or was I transferred to another prison.?ā
āFollow me!ā The prison warder told me. I followed him until we reached another section of the prison. It was a huge apartment for the prison warders. Inside the room was a nice mattress, fan , TV, wollen carpet and all that can make a room comfortable.
He said, āsleep here, tomorrow, you will go back to the court.ā
I was surprised so I asked the officer ā Why?ā
He left after saying, āyou will find out soon.ā
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