Chapter 4
An Unlikely Alliance
Disillusioned former security agent Mallam Idris, aware of government corruption, reluctantly joins forces with Jibril. They pool their knowledge to navigate the dangerous path toward exposing the truth.
The humid air of Abuja clung to Jibril like a damp shroud, each breath a struggle against the city’s oppressive weight. He sat in a dimly lit café, the aroma of roasting coffee beans doing little to cut through the knot of anxiety in his gut. Beside him, Mallam Idris, a man whose weary eyes held the glint of a thousand unspoken stories, nursed a cup of bitter tea. Idris, a ghost from Jibril’s past, a former security agent whose reputation had been tarnished by whispers of corruption, now found himself on the other side of the law, or at least, on the fringes of it.
“They’re good,” Idris said, his voice a low rumble, devoid of emotion. “The ones who took your sister. They know how to disappear, how to sow confusion. The Fulani story… it’s a classic. Blame the nomads, stir up the farmers. It’s been done before.”
Jibril leaned forward, his journalist’s instinct kicking in, overriding the fear for Aisha. “But why? Why her? Why now?”
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