The whole staff was wondering why there was so much noise in Kolade's office, he has gotten into a heated argument with Ken. They were friends from high school, they went to the same University, served in the same state, and secured jobs in the same company.
Even their parents referred to them as twins, the bond was so strong that they shared anything. They have been accused of being gay on several occasions by the girls they dated back in school and nothing got in between them.
Ken worked as an accountant while Kolade was the company's chief engineer in the same company, they were professionals in their respective fields.
A few months ago, Ken got a new car and it raised lots of suspicion at work. Kolade was surprised, he wasn't aware and he didn't feel good about it. They weren't earning too much for him to afford such a car and the thoughts of where Kolade got the money began to bother him.
They went to celebrate the new car at the club over the weekend and Kolade decided to open up everything that was bothering him, he wanted to know where Ken was making money from because all his thought was that he was stealing from the company.
Kolade: Guy, where you dey see money? Hint your nigga, let's roll together.
(Ken laughed as he sipped the glass of wine he was holding, he cleared his throat and answered his friend)
Ken: There is no shortcut brother, I just add one plus two at work and it really paid off for me.
(Kolade in his mind said, I knew he is into fraud. I guess it's time I start taking advantage of my position. Ken was talking but Kolade was lost in thought and didn't hear anything again.)
Ken: Hey buddy, are you here? His anything wrong?
Kolade: I am good, I heard you well.
(He only said that to play along, meanwhile, he heard nothing.)
While Kolade was feasting on the chicken and exotic wine in his front, he was already drafting out plans of how to steal from the company. It would be easier for him to carry out his plan since Ken was the head of accounting and he was into fraud as well.
On Monday, Kolade started carrying out his plan. He successfully smuggled out some engine parts and made lots of money from it, he said to himself "this new path I am walking on should take me to glory".
A few days after he sent a receipt to the accounting department demanding for the money he claimed he used for repair, that has been the tradition but the sum he was demanding was too much. The money was disbursed to him after the confirmation from the store he got the parts from, Ken became worried as more receipts were dropping in.
A month after Ken got married, it was a huge party. His coworkers came around and they were stunned by the things they saw, Kolade grew jealous and started distancing himself from Ken.
The present-day
Kolade sent a mail that one of the company generators broke down and he stated that he would need almost half a million to repair it, Ken was confused because it wasn't long he approved some money to repair the exact generators.
He went to Kolade's office to ask questions and instead of him explaining himself, he turned the conversation into an argument. The whole office got involved and someone hinted to the CEO about the issue which led to him inviting the police to interrogate them because during the argument Kolade made an implicating statement, he said: "why is Ken interrogating him?. This is my office, and not yours, your job is to disburse money and not to question me. After all, we are both stealing the company's money".
That statement got them into trouble, it was recorded in a video by one of the staff who captured the whole drama. The CEO was disappointed because the company was doing very well and never thought that his most resourceful staff could be doing such.
Private auditors were hired to audit the company account and the company's regional head of engineers came around to find the company stores for spare parts empty. The things Kolade claimed he bought weren't found, the CEO regretted trusting them; he had given them so much power to do anything without his consent due to the trust they have built in the past year.
They were locked in the cell for days while the investigation was going on, Ken was claiming that they weren't into any fraud in the company while being interrogated, Kolade was claiming to be clean and told the police to ask Ken where he got the money to buy the car and the 5-star wedding and that made the company focused more on Ken. When the auditing was over, they discovered that nothing was missing from the company account, Ken never stole from the company account but it was the other way round for Kolade.
He has sold parts and engines that belong to the company, his accomplice at work confessed when they were threatened. Kolade knew his secret was exposed and kept cooking lies just to drag Kolade down with him.
Kolade didn't understand how Ken wasn't accused of stealing despite everything he has achieved and what he said to him at the bar. Kolade was charged to court, while Ken was released. The company compensated him for the disturbance and was told to resume his job
His wife didn't understand everything that happened so she asked him while returning from the police station, Kolade is a backstabber. Ken continued, I didn't believe that he would drag me into this. Kolade is a betrayal, he thought I was stealing from the company.
I doubt if he was listening to me the other day, I actually used the company money for a business that yielded well and returned the capital immediately. He didn't listen and almost dragged me into the mud with himself, he wanted to take advantage of what I told him at the bar the other day because he thought I was a thief like him.
He is just a betrayer and I will just stay away from him even if he settles the case with the company.