Meet Mallam Adamu Reddington the ultimate pillar of the Hong community in Adamawa State. As I call him Ray-Adam.
A pious family man who never misses his five daily prayers, Adamu attends every peace meeting with the gravitas of a trusted elder.
There’s just one tiny detail: by night, he is the Chief Intelligence Officer and chief concierge for Fulani bandits.
Talk about corporate multitasking! By day, he helps plan community security. By night, he hands over the blueprint and GPS coordinates of his neighbors’ homes to armed gangs.
When a raid happens, Adamu is the first to arrive at the scene mourning louder than the bereaved and leading prayers for the victims he helped target.
The real tragedy? His wide, confident smile when he was finally paraded in handcuffs. Why worry? In Nigeria, getting caught as a high-profile informant is often just a minor inconvenience before a ‘top stakeholder’ intervenes and gets you freed.
To those screaming “Not all Fulanis are bandits!”, we know. But when the Adamus in your midst are running the local terror department while sitting on your peace boards, it’s time to stop the defensive excuses and flush out the traitors in your own living rooms.
The most dangerous enemy is never the armed gunman standing outside your gate; it is the smiling neighbor who unlocks it from the inside while leading you in prayer.
When a community chooses solidarity with the traitor over survival with the truth, it signs its own execution order.
How many Adamus are all over the Fullani communities? How many are they within us?
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