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[sighs]

-Angie, hey. -Mm.

I didn't want to wake you.

I thought you were asleep.

I couldn't sleep.

Don't let these people get to you.

Since they are planning such a public humiliation,

I thought I'd better get myself prepared.

Yeah.

That's wise.

But do they have grounds?

That's a good question.

Do they have grounds, Angie?

Come now, David.

[scoffs]

You don't seriously think that your wife has stashed away billions for a rainy day?

Of course not! [laughs]

You should have seen your face.

Well, I expected that when I asked if they have grounds,

you would categorically deny it.

I know.

The old Angela would have done that.

But... this so sudden.

So calculated.

Are you sure you're not reading more into this?

I don't know.

I once asked Henry how he has managed to stay in politics for as long as he has.

And what did he say?

He goes home, he has a long shower

and talks to his God

before he goes downstairs and hugs his wife and children.

Come.

Would you like me to get you a drink?

No.

Come, let's go to bed, huh?

-And get some sleep. -All right.

Thank you.

[Angela sighs]

What are you thinking about?

Ah, just what you said about Henry taking a shower when he gets home.

[laughs]

You're thinking about Henry taking a shower?

Should I be worried?

[both laughing]

Very funny.

Sorry, I couldn't help myself.

-Ah, well, it's good to hear you laugh. -[chuckles]

Why were you thinking about what Henry said?

[sighs] Because he's right.

You can't get close to power without getting dirty.

[Angela] Hmm.

An old Irish political philosopher, Edmund Burke, once said that--

"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil

is if the good men and women do nothing."

Yes. [laughs]

But that's not the quote I had in mind.

Oh.

My dad always used to say that.

Yeah. Uh, see, Edmund Burke said...

that those who have been intoxicated with power

and benefited from it,

even if it's for a year or a term,

never willingly abandon it.

-Hmm. That's true. -Yes.

See, even when they're engulfed in crisis,

they will always resort to power to fix it.

Politics is like cooking with charcoal wearing white.

So, what?

We should just fold our arms and leave politics to the pigs

who are happy to play in mud?

No, no.

Just acknowledge the contaminated environment you work in,

treat it with respect and take appropriate precautions.

Do you know where I can buy a hazmat suit?

Oh. [laughing]

-Politics is not Ebola, Angie. -No.

But it's a willing host, David.

These guys don't play nice.

-I don't want you guys to get hurt. -We'll be fine.

You don't know that, David.

[theme music playing]

Henry, move our meeting to 7:00 a.m.

I want to deal with this sooner rather than later.

Okay. I'll see you soon.

What I am saying is,

we cannot base our defense on constitutional handles

which they will no doubt use to run circles around us.

-So, what do you suggest? -Two things.

First, we establish on what grounds the impeachment has been initiated.

Okay, and...

And we identify the individuals who are pushing for it

and see if we can reach a compromise.

What kind of compromise?

Besides, we have met with these guys before.

And the stakes have been raised.

Their demands are going to be unreasonable.

The impeachment process can be very messy, Your Excellency.

We need every ounce of goodwill that we can squeeze.

Unfortunately, there's not a great deal of that circulating among the members.

Because of the special allocations fund?

Your Excellency, that didn't go down well with the House.

But Friday told me he had mediated with the members

and that they understood.

-Your Excellency-- -Am I that naive?

People do not think the way you do.

And that's not a bad thing.

Okay. So, how much of a compromise am I going to have to make?

Well, we have to give them what they want.

I'm not handing over bags of cash to those people, Henry.

Okay. How about the allocations funds?

That has already been accounted for.

And we still have to find money for Kalu and the teachers.

Your Excellency, we still need to give them something.

[Thompson chuckles]

We've got her exactly where we want her.

I will squeeze until she begs for mercy.

Hold on tight, sir. She's very slippery.

She's slippery, all right. Takes after her father.

How come she married that professor guy?

That guy seems to be a lightweight.

But who knows? He could be a different thing in bed.

I'm not interested in their bedroom skills.

But in the cabinet, she's proven to be a worthy adversary.

Don't remind me.

She has outsmarted, outplayed and outmaneuvered us

in many ways than I care to mention.

Then don't mention it!

Apologies, Chief.

It's just so that we do not continue to underestimate her.

[sighs] Well, this is a win-win situation.

If she accepts our plans,

then she gets to serve the rest of her term.

But if she turns us down...

[clicks tongue]

...impeachment will kick into the next gear.

Okay. Henry, find out what they want.

-Within reason, Henry. -I understand.

[sighs] What happens if talks break down?

We go to plan B-- the numbers game.

I've been trying to reach your father.

Oh. He's been in Accra with my mother.

He flies back this afternoon. I'm going to meet with him later.

And Chief Momoh-Alli?

He's not a small piece of meat. He will bite hard.

Forget Momoh-Alli.

The man has lost his bark.

The old man can't even rein in his daughter.

But he controls the Primrose faction.

Momoh-Alli is the Primrose faction.

There's no other person in his caucus who has the stomach for a fight

because, if they lose, they become irrelevant.

I wish I could be at the meeting this evening.

It's better you're in the dark. Your time will come.

Oh, that brings me to my main conundrum.

I don't get you.

Chief...

I am giving you Angela Ochello's head on a silver platter.

Put bluntly, what do I stand to gain

if the impeachment goes ahead?

The governorship, of course!

But, Chief, we have a deputy governor.

He'll step aside.

Angela Ochello did not step aside.

Have you managed to reach the deputy governor?

Yes, ma'am. He's cut short his visit to Lagos.

He'll be flying back tomorrow morning.

Good. Please arrange a meeting with him at his earliest convenience.

Yes, ma'am.

Problem?

-Thanks, guys. We'll reconvene later. -All right.

Are you hustling me, Friday?

Ah...

I-- I dare not, Chief.

But these are legitimate concerns.

Given our recent experiences, I just want to make sure I remain in play.

This is a different scenario.

Ahmed Jalo is our boy.

He's been told to lie low in Lagos for a while.

He will bloody well do what he has been bloody well told.

Chief, I have it on good authority

that he will be coming back to Savannah tomorrow.

What?

That's not all, Chief.

Ahmed is not a pushover.

Sir, do you really think Jalo

will instruct his son to step down as governor for me?

[sighs]

You have succeeded in making me lose appetite.

Thank you, Friday.

[Henry] What's wrong?

It's the journalist.

-Asemota? -Mm-hmm.

I thought it was dealt with.

It was. But he started calling again.

Don't worry. I'll deal with it.

No, no. Henry, you already have your plate full--

Your Excellency, I will deal with it.

Our focus should be on the meeting tonight.

The Big Three are our biggest concern.

If we can reach an agreement with them, this impeachment threat will evaporate.

[Friday] I'm sorry, Chief.

But I'm only stating the facts.

The whole business is costing me a lot of money for this nonsense!

[sighs]

I have known Dr. Jalo for a long time.

I'll talk to him.

And if he doesn't cooperate?

He will discover that he has made a very dangerous enemy.

[Henry] Hassan, listen.

I have a job for you.

Okay.

-Um, Mr. Patrick. -Yes, please?

Did you, by any chance, see Mum or Dad this morning?

They left very early this morning. They did not even have coffee.

I have the feeling something's going on.

What do you mean?

There was this very important Youth in Politics meeting

that was supposed to happen this afternoon.

It got canceled.

Well, that doesn't mean that something's going on.

Toju, do you know how long it takes to organize those meetings?

Only something serious could cancel it.

Hmm.

Come to think of it, Mum has been keeping to herself the past few days.

Yeah, I've noticed.

And we've had, like, a lot of visitors over the last weekend.

I'm going to call Dad when I get to campus.

[scoffs] And what makes you think he'll tell you?

I have my ways. I'm my father's daughter.

-And what am I? My father's slave? -[laughs]

-Your Excellency. -Ah, yes, Hassan.

My father is leaving for the airport shortly.

I would like a light security detail with him.

-Yes, ma'am. -Yeah.

Ma'am?

Is there a problem, Hassan?

No problem, Your Excellency. It's just this impeachment thing.

I know you're looking into ways to deal with it.

-Yes, we are working on it. -Um...

Your Excellency, there may be another,

somewhat unconventional approach to killing--

What I meant to say was to stopping the impeachment process.

Um...

I've been around a while, Your Excellency.

Police force, State Security Service, covert tactical operations.

I know guys.

They know guys.

-And what would these guys do? -Um...

They would do very bad things

to the people who want to put you out of play.

-Hi, Kunle. -Oh.

Hi.

[laughs] What are you, chicken?

No, I just didn't see you.

What's up? It sounded urgent.

Uh, where's Toju?

He's got classes, but he's taking me out later.

So, what's up?

I don't know how to say this.

What?

I saw you the other day, Dupe.

What do you mean you saw me?

I saw you here... There.

You were with a guy.

You were kissing.

-How do you know it was me? -It was you.

-Have you told Toju? -Is he acting like I've told him anything?

Why didn't you tell him?

Maybe I wanted to find out from my friend why she's cheating on my best friend.

I'm not cheating on him.

But I saw you kiss the guy.

Yeah, but it was a mistake, okay?

How do you mistakenly kiss a guy, Dupe?

Look, you actually do or do not kiss a guy.

There's no mistake about that.

He's my friend and he's a great guy.

I know that.

-I just don't want him to get hurt. -I don't want to hurt him.

Then you have to tell him, Dupe.

-You don't understand. -I'm trying to.

You don't understand!

Uh, Dupe?

Just leave me alone and mind your own business.

Before I approved you for this job, I read your file.

You were commissioned during the Abacha era, weren't you?

-Um, yes, ma'am. -Yeah.

I remember the Abacha era as though it were yesterday.

My father spent seven months in prison for criticizing Abacha's government.

He never revealed what he went through during his incarceration.

And not long after his release from prison,

I happened to walk in on him in his bedroom

as he was getting changed for bed.

He had angry zigzag scars all over his back.

I quickly hurried out of the room,

as I know that's not something a proud father

would want his daughter to see.

Times have changed, Hassan.

This is a democracy.

We no longer employ those methods.

Times have changed, but the players haven't.

And that's what makes us different from the rest.

I appreciate your offer to help,

but under no circumstances is that a road that I would ever go down.

And I'd appreciate it

if you never brought that up to me ever again.

-Yes, Your Excellency. Sorry, ma'am. -You're welcome.

What's your reading on the members of the House?

Everybody is being so tight-lipped about everything.

I mean, it's strange.

Are there bags and packages being traded back and forth?

You know how this game is played, Gbenga.

What kind of sums are we talking about?

Between 50 and 100 million per member,

depending on seniority.

What?

And they mean business, Gbenga.

Where are they going to get that kind of money?

It's business, my friend.

They'll recoup every penny when they seize power.

Banky, isn't there anything you can do?

I need to be honest with you, my friend.

This has nothing to do with ideology, philosophy or party policy.

This is business, pure and simple.

My people have made that clear. Unless you are able to meet up

with at least the lower end of what they're offering,

they'll take the money.

[sighs]

Does this have anything to do with the special allocations fund?

That didn't bring her any friends in the House.

So, the governor's house. It's...

I thought there would be a little bit more activity here.

No. Not in here.

We insisted on our privacy.

So the staff tends to keep away.

[Bankole] She's the governor.

She can access all the resources to keep her position.

She won't do it. She just won't do it.

I respect her position.

I'm sorry to be the bearer of bad news.

Your daughter was destined to do great things for this state.

But unless you can manage to raise a billion naira

or make a deal with the Big Three,

Angela Ochello will be impeached.

Henry, how long until the press get wind of this?

Not long.

I won't be surprised if the news hasn't already been leaked to them.

That reporter-- I can't remember her name.

-Who, Elizabeth? -[Sheri] Yes, Elizabeth.

She called me yesterday.

She was asking very uncomfortable questions.

I've been fielding all the calls from the press.

-Uh, if she calls again, direct her to me. -Okay, Mr. Duke.

Why don't we use her?

Find a way to turn her investigative skills to our advantage.

That's not a bad idea.

That could be a double-edged sword, Your Excellency,

since we are not sure what these guys have as leverage.

Let's find a use for her. She owes me.

Okay.

And in the meantime, let's work on our plan B, which is

draw up a list of the members of the House

on whose support we can count on and those who we can't.

We need the numbers.

I have someone working on that as we speak.

We will have the figures by the end of the day.

Your Excellency, it's going to be hard.

House members bend to the will

of the most lucrative wind.

So I am learning.

Do we know on what grounds they hope to impeach me?

The House leadership are refusing to say.

That's why I'm a little concerned about bringing Elizabeth in.

Then let's find out!

-Something to drink? -No. I'm good.

If you're concerned about the impeachment rumors--

-[David] Careful. -Oh, my goodness. I'm so...

-I'll get it. -Let me get this.

Look, we're not concerned about the impeachment rumors.

Good.

Because there's nothing to confirm or deny. Yeah.

-Of course. -Mm-hmm.

Um, come, please.

If my clients didn't believe in you,

they wouldn't be offering you this contract.

If my wife was not the governor, would they still have talked to me?

I mean, it helps, but they've always had their eyes on you.

Sorry, Henry. I'm just tired of playing catch-up.

And that's why I want Elizabeth to help even things out a bit.

[Henry] I understand, ma'am.

But I think it would be foolish on the part of the Big Three

for them to make a sort of gamble without... something.

Perception's half the objective.

Even if there are no legitimate grounds?

Perception is everything.

The mere hint of wrongdoing is enough damage already.

It will spread like wildfire.

Once the dust settles, it will be too late to scream foul play.

Hmm.

All right, Henry, keep digging.

Really?

You know, for such a brilliant and handsome man like you,

you shouldn't be so insecure.

Here. Let me take this.

Come.

-Connie. -Hmm?

I think you should go.

But I don't want to.

I don't want you to go either.

-Connie. -Hmm?

You should go.

-You should go. -I...

-Please. -David.

Connie, go. Please.

It's probably best if you sign this and send it by courier...

when you make up your mind.

No, I'll sign it right now.

No. Just take your time.

I almost wish I didn't meet you.

-I'm sorry. -Yeah, me too.

The governor's a very lucky woman.

You know, my clients are professional people.

They're businessmen and women.

But they want her to fight even if she doesn't win.

See you later, Professor.

Hi, Kunle. How are you?

Oh. Hi, Iffy.

Where's Toju?

-I think he got a call. -Oh, okay.

-Kunle? -Hmm?

Are you okay?

Yeah, sure. Just hungry.

Let me get you something to eat.

What did you do? What did you tell her?

Toju, what's up?

Toju, chill. What's going on?

Toju?

Dupe just called me to cancel our date

and said she doesn't want to see me anymore.

-What? -Did she say why?

Why don't you ask my best friend, Kunle?

Kunle, what happened?

Um, nothing.

-That's a lie! -Toju, stop it!

I trusted you, man. Why can't you just be happy for me?

Kunle, don't go. You guys are best friends.

-Talk about this. -Why bother?

-See you, Iffy. -Kunle.

It's me she loves, man! It's me she loves!

Toju.

-Angela. -Hmm?

You look tired.

-Nothing a cup of tea won't fix. -[chuckles]

I thought you were coming straight over from the airport.

Hmm. I had a couple of errands to run.

-We could postpone the meeting. -No.

How are you holding up?

-I'm good. I'm... I'm hanging in there. -Good.

I'm meeting with the Big Three at 7:00.

-Ah. -What?

Slight change of plan.

What do you mean?

Um... I told them we'll come to them.

Why did you do that, Dad?

I'm still the governor of this state.

And I am your father.

I have greater political experience than you.

And I'd like your opponents to think they've got you against the ropes.

But to go to them? Dad, it's humiliating.

Is that pride?

I thought I taught you better than that, Angela!

[snoring]

[shushing]

If you holler, you will die.

-Where is the money? -Okay, wait.

My guys, I'm a hustler like you. I don't have any money. I don't.

-No! [muffled scream] -[man shushing]

[man 2] Where is the money?

Now you talk!

[panting]

[man 2] Where is it?

[Paul] My guys...

My guys.

The way up is down, Angela.

St. Augustine said, "To build a tower that will pierce the clouds,

lay first the foundation of humility."

[door closes]

Excuse me, Your Excellency.

Chief, your transportation is ready.

What do you mean?

Uh, I...

wanted to see them first,

see if we can reach an agreement.

Dad, it's me they want to impeach.

And it's me they'll slap in the face.

With all due respect, Dad, this is not about you.

It's about power and the good you can do with it...

if you have it.

And we would at least be able to assess exactly what we're up against, ma'am.

Okay. See what they want.

-Henry. -Yes, sir.

If this goes down to the wire, how are you with the numbers?

We're working on it, Chief.

Good. But I hope that won't be necessary.

I have to be on my way now.

It's going to be a long night.

Okay, Dad.

[groans]

Not picking up?

-She won't even reply to my text messages. -Give it time.

I don't know why that guy can't just mind his own business.

-What on earth did he tell her? -You should hear Kunle out.

People need to stop making excuses for him.

-This is just like the last time. -But you don't know what happened, Toju.

You should give him a chance.

No.

I leveraged my personal resources,

political goodwill and contacts within the party and the state

to put some of you in office.

Your stab wounds are deep and painful.

Oh, for crying out loud, spare us the drama!

-Briggs. -No!

Look, you're desperate, Gbenga.

And your position is weak.

Whether you like it or not, we will impeach your daughter. Period.

Briggs, you dare to say this to my face?

Would you rather I say it behind you?

Look, I know that you've scalped some heads in your time,

and I know where some of those bodies are buried.

Sobifa, Jalo, are you going to let Briggs talk to me like that?

Don't take it personal, Gbenga.

Tides do turn in politics.

Yeah, but this is a gathering tsunami.

Ah, those who are forewarned are forearmed, abi?

It's time for Angela to move on. We've given fair warning.

[knocking]

Good day, gentleman. We're from the Savannah police department.

I was robbed.

No, I was robbed. It's not okay.

I was here, I-- I had a companion and...

I just woke up. I was robbed!

-You! You've got to do something about it! -It's okay.

It's my life. This is not okay.

I paid! There should be security here!

What will it take to make this nonsense go away?

-Nothing! -Sobifa!

Gbenga, please don't be offended.

-You cannot intimidate-- -Briggs!

No, we want that woman out!

Yes! But we can be civil about it.

Compromise is the backbone of politics.

We wouldn't have been able to survive the dark days of the military without it.

So, what do you want?

We have made that clear, Gbenga.

There is almost unanimous support for an impeachment.

-On what grounds? -You will know soon enough.

And make no mistake,

the case against your daughter is watertight.

And she might even go to jail.

Sobifa!

After I fought the military for a return to viable democracy,

Briggs, would you really consider sending my daughter to jail?

Come, come, come, Gbenga.

No one wants to do that.

Hmm? Abi?

We all have children.

If she cooperates, we can arrange a soft landing.

Mr. Asemota, please take it easy.

It is only money. At least you still have your life.

Calm down, sir.

Calm down, sir. Take it easy, sir.

At least you paid till the end of the month.

Get out! Get out!

-Yes, I think-- -Just get out!

[grunts]

You are unusually quiet, Jalo.

Your associates are handing your son the keys to the governor's house.

The least you can do is offer the vote of thanks.

A word of advice.

Watch your back.

It will be extremely unwise for you to think

they will not do to you what they are doing to me.

[laughing]

Is that all you can come up with, Gbenga?

Hmm? The divide-and-conquer routine?

Look, the good doctor here knows on which side his bread is buttered.

Momoh-Alli, perhaps...

Just perhaps the governor agrees to sign off, you know, some things...

there might just be a way out of this mess.

Finally, a breakthrough.

I wouldn't quite call it a breakthrough yet.

After all, you can either shove or push someone off a cliff.

The end is the same.

You've got to be kidding me.

It's either that or impeachment proceedings

start tomorrow morning.

Choice acres of land,

government properties at knockdown prices,

board appointments

and first rights of refusal for contracts over two million.

Dad!

That's the price of peace, Angela.

But where does it end?

So, I'm bribing them to keep my job?

Angela.

I'm not going to plunder Savannah State to appease their greed.

Let them initiate impeachment proceedings.

I will fight them in court,

I will fight them in the media and I will fight them in the public eye.

Not if you're in prison, you won't.

Prison?

What do you mean prison? What for?

I don't know.

But they seem pretty confident they have grounds.

I haven't done anything to warrant prison.

-Are you sure? -I'm positive!

-Not even inadvertently? -No.

Not when you were deputy governor?

I'm telling you, Dad, they've got nothing on me.

Angela.

Dad, I'm clean. You of all people should know that.

I do, my darling. I do.

But I looked into their eyes.

They've got something. And it could send you to prison.

Henry, do you know what? Schedule an interview with Elizabeth.

I'm going to put this to the people of this state once and for all

and let the ax fall where it will.

That's a bad idea, Angela.

I don't care anymore, Dad!

I'm choking from the stench of corruption

that is emanating from that so-called House of Assembly.

I'm going to blow this thing sky-high

if it's the last thing I do as the governor of this state.

Henry, what are you waiting for?

I said to get Elizabeth ASAP.

I'm going to create so much noise

and draw attention to their shady dealings

that the EFCC will have to set up a permanent office in their homes.

[stammering] I'm sorry, ma'am, but you can't do that.

And why the hell not, Henry?

Because they might actually have grounds after all.

I'm deleting clause five regarding choice government property.

I am not giving away government property that is not up for sale.

That in itself is an impeachable offense.

Delete clause five. That's okay by us.

Henry, my seal.

Thank you.

Gentlemen.

-Your pen. -Okay.

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And you confirmed that the fax originated from your office?

[laughing]

What a stupid question!

Of course the contents of the fax were accurate.

And that's why you sent it in the first place, abi?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker! [laughing]

That is excellent news!

It's done.

Oh. This is good news!

Hey.

[Friday laughing]

Uh, he says it will come up on the news any moment from now.

-Anybody interested in some entertainment? -[laughter]

Remember in the early '90s,

when I asked you if it would be okay for my father

to transfer a vast amount of property and assets

to my married name, Ochello?

Yes, yes.

It was just before he ran foul of the military government.

If he hadn't done that,

everything he owned would have been appropriated by the authorities.

Yes, I remember that.

We planned to transfer the assets after our return to democratic rule,

but we never got around to it.

It completely slipped my mind.

My assets declaration?

Yes. The governor wants it in the public domain

-before October 1. -Okay.

Is that everything?

Um...

Yes, everything appears to be accounted for.

Very good.

I tried to fix the error about a year ago,

but Governor Akale said it wasn't a big deal, so I left it.

So that's the grounds then?

It's the only thing they can possibly have, David.

Hmm.

Well, on the brighter side, you've given them what they want.

That should be the end of that, right?

[knocking]

Yes. Come in.

-What? Hey, hey. What's going on? -[Toju] You have to see this.

[reporter] Responding to our phone call a little while ago,

the Speaker of the House has confirmed that impeachment proceedings

have indeed been initiated against Governor Ochello.

He stated that this was in response to serious charges

brought against the governor.

He, however, cautioned against jumping to any hasty conclusions

and that the governor is free to go about her duties

until it is proved that the allegations are either true or false.

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