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Shadow! Shadow!! Shadow!!! It is a reflection of one image or an object. At times, shadows can reveal what one does at the hiding place.
This notion reminds me of a prominent man in a New Jersey town who used to help widows and widowers in terms of giving them money and other material things. The name of this man was Chief Judas and he was honoured in the town due to the outstanding selfless services that he used to render to widows, widowers, and Orphans because of these the king of New Jersey town considered him to be honoured with the chieftaincy title.
Meanwhile, arm robbers used to disturb the peace of the community day by day in the town and all the efforts to curb crime in the town proved abortive because whenever plans to apprehend the culprit were failing each time and no one knew their informants.
This made the king and head of the security personnel worry about the future of the New Jersey town.
"One of the children of this town was from an overseas country, Mr Jacob and observed that there was no progress, and how a town like this one will exist without any development? What is going to be the future of the younger ones in this town? One must take responsibility if there are going to be positive changes now and future."
This young man was deemed fit to do something that would benefit all and sundry like establish industries that will create jobs for youths because idle hands are the instrument of the devil. When the younger ones get employed, they won't be tools for the affluence of people in society by sending them on errands they could not send their children. But if everyone is comfortable, no one will be approached with deceit for their benefit.
Mr Jacob invited his affluence friends who can help and transform the economy of New Jersey Town. Thereafter, he approaches The King of New Jersey Town about his intention for the development of the town and everyone was delighted to hear good things from him.
The King and council of elders put their heads together to release a portion of land for these investors to construct their companies which is the only way to encourage them to know they are in support of their plan.
All these investors started operations and they engaged unemployed youths and the rate at which crime used to occur declined to the minimum because those younger ones that did not go to school still engaged in casual jobs through which they were earning their living.
No one showed up at the chief Judas' house as usual again. One day, the greedy ones among those people who affluence people used to perpetrate evil planned to vandalise machines that expatriates installed for their day-to-day operations in exchange for quick cash.
They planned it very well to go there when everyone would have been in bed at midnight. When they got there, operations started by losing the screw which they used to install there before moving them to their destination where the buyer will buy them.
It was during the brightness of the moon, and while they were doing it security assigned to the community beside where the company was located was passing through the area and he saw the reflection of their images, he turned back quietly so that they wouldn't hear his footsteps and he went to inform the King at the palace about what was going on.
Wow! "So these people will not desist from this act, they would hear from me as well." Guards, come over here. I was just told that armed robbery is going on in Finland Multinational Company. Please go and apprehend the perpetrators before they escape. Said the king.
Guards swung to action when they got there, and the armed robbers had finished and were about to leave the place before the security personnel caught them on the spot. They tied their hands and chained their legs so that they would not have a chance to escape.
However, when they arrived at the palace. The King instructed guards to take them to custody till the daybreak before handing them over to the police to charge them to court for the appropriate punishment as the Justice deemed fit.
On the same day and in the morning at the Palace, the king invited the police officer to the palace and they arrived. The king also instructed the guards to go and bring the criminal so everyone could see the faces of nasty people in the town.
When the guards brought them out and asked security to remove their masks so we could see them. The first person's face was the son of one of the chiefs and the second person's face was a troublemaker from a neighbouring town and the third person's face happened to be chief Judas.
"Hehe, human beings are wicked. You were assisting widows, widowers, and orphans in the community. As if you are the one who worked for the money. This is the source of your wealth not knowing the money you realised through extortion you were using to prove to us as a rich man. You have been exposed. Ah!" Said the congregation.
"Wow! So human beings are thieves. All this while we were wondering how the people knew our plans to arrest the notorious gang and you used to be in our midst planning together, so you were the one giving them information about our next action. I will make sure you face the law." Said the King.
"Police officers asked, Sir, how did they know that they were perpetrating this act?"
Thank God for the life of one man who won't reveal his identity to anyone because of security reasons. He was the one who saw their shadows while carrying out an act. Please take them away!
The End