When I received Efo Kodjo Mawugbe�s call summoning me to his house, I sensed all was not well. But the tone of his voice did not give me the faintest clue that he was calling me to say farewell and to give me an assignment. It didn�t suggest that he was ill. But the call carried a tone of urgency. It came before 6 a.m., making my heart pound.