Monday, 2:00 AM:
Six men, four of them in AP uniforms walk up to the guards at City Hall and introduce themselves as police officers on patrol. They proceed to tie them up and, working for hours with a welding machine, manage to gain entry into the cash office and open three safes. They to get away with the deputy mayors mace, chain, 15,000 in cash, 185,000 in cheques and a computer’s CPU. CCTV cameras in the cash office have been out of order for some time.
Tuesday:
Town clerk John Gakuo announces that although investigations are underway, the council will be tendering for a replacement chain and mace and that council business will continue as usual despite the absence of these key ceremonial items.
Hmmmmm, the investigators have barely locked onto the scent and they’re already talking about replacements! I wonder who stands to benefit from the council’s ‘excellent’ tendering process?
As with all council affairs, this one smells of a rat. However, now the rot seems to be even more blatant with time.
