DARKNESS AND LIGHT

The Bermuda Triangle.

To mallam Isa, this midnight was indeed a night of surprises. First was the presence of Onestar in his shop. He had changed the dollars he brought to Naira and curiosity had made him offer an additional one hundred dollars for this strange briefcase. He was eager to know what it contains.

He had worked his slave-girl out of her sleeping mat immediately Onestar left.

Florence; a girl of fourteen years old can sleep even inside water. Apart from warming his soup and bed, he has a new task for her tonight: Opening the strange briefcase.

It took Florence only five minutes to open the case, and when she does, Malam Isa was forced to marvel at his level of ignorance and inadequate - he can't operate even an android phone without help.

To Malam Isa's shock, the content in the briefcase was unlike what his wildest dreams could ever imagine. The girl saw it too and fleed to the toilet at the back of the yard.

she must die.

With regrets burning in Malam Isa's mind, yet he knew he can't risk this. Risk her being a witness against him for possession of human arms.

Malam Isa took his ablution kettle, performed his ablution, and arranged his mat for prayer. Out of habit than religious purpose, he likes to pray before he kills.

Allah hu Akbar... Allah hu Akbar.

"I have endangered the work of Allah." The assassin gazed blindly at the door of Malam Isa. He pondered taking his own life with his knife but wondered. Can death pay for my sins?

After all, it had been the Bokoharam sect that gave him back his shredded life in the first place... In that small Agodi prison yard, on the soil of the famous Ibadan land- the largest city in West Africa- he was there for murder and manslaughter.

'you are as white as a ghost' the inmate had ridiculed him as the guards marched him in naked and cold.

'Maybe the ghost will pass through the wall,' another one shouted amidst laugh and jest from almost all the inmates.

Over five years, his flesh and soul withered until he knew he had become transparent.

"I'm a ghost...I'm weightless."

He had only one friend during his stay In prison. Omisore, who s there for the murder of the late attorney general of the federation and later become a senator while still in the prison.

"My friend" Omisore had called him, you were born as Albino. Do not let others shame you for this. Do you not understand how special this makes you?

Were you not aware that Noah was an albino.

Noah of Ark! the albino had never heard of this.

Omisore was smiling now, indeed. Noah of the ark was an albino like you, he had skin as white as an angel. Considering this, Noah saved all of the life on the planet. You are destined for great things. The Lord will free you for that purpose. When the time reaches, you will know and hear your calling.

The albino was forced to believe this.

"I'm pure, white, beautiful like an angel."

though at the moment, it was his father's disappointed voice that whispered to him from the past.

'wanna Yaro bansa,' the voice keeps repeating.

The albino brought out his water flask to perform his ablution. He needs to be free of sin before entering a Holy man's house.

The albino kneeled on the bare floor as he murmured.

"Allah hu Akbar...Allah hu Akbar.

Bending people of tradition for proselytism and jihad known by its Hausa name; Boko Haram is like bending roasted fish, it cannot be bend, it can only be crushed.

Yet the most notable challenge to president Jonny's government was a cankerworm that could have been prevented if only the Uarian government had not repeatedly ignored warnings about the increasingly militant characters of the organization. In the wake of the 2009 crackdown on its members and its subsequent re-emergence. The growing frequency and geographical range of attacks attributed to Bokoharam have led some political and religious leaders in the north to the conclusion that the group has now expanded beyond its original religious composition to include not only Islamic militants but criminal elements and disgruntled politicians as well. A state governor once said of Bokoharam, 'they have become a franchise that anyone can buy into. They are like a Bermuda Triangle.

When the government finally worked from their slumber, several members of the groups were arrested in Bauchi state, sparking deadly clashes with Uarian security forces. This lead to the first high death rate, an estimated seven hundred total death and thousands of casualties.

The Bokoharam reportedly used fuel-laden motorcycles and bows with poison arrows. The group founders and then-leader; Mohammed Yusuf were killed during this time while in police custody.

After his killing, a new leader emerged. Former deputy to Yusuf. He sponsored the first attack in January 2011, which resulted in the killings of forty people. Shekau has been described as an intensely private bookish theologian and ruthless killer. He ruled a fractured organization. Since Shakau's rise, violence had escalated in terms of frequency and intensity.

On 14th May 2013, the president of Uarian was forced to declare a state of emergency In some troubled state in a bid to fight the activities of the Bokoharam. He also ordered the armed forces to the areas around Lake Chad.

As of the 17th of May of the same year, hundreds of Bokoharam members were killed by military airstrike shelling on their stronghold.

Finally, the press-shy leaders of the Bokoharam released a video in which he said the group had not lost to the Uarian armed forces. In the video, he showed charred military vehicles and bodies dressed in military fatigues.

While he called on Muslims from Iraq, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Syria to join his jihad.

'This is a holy war.' He called.

People were unhappy about the declaration of war on the group and instead said the issue of poverty and inequality needed to be talked about first.

Poverty and inequality had given birth to mayhem.