Peacemaker Azuegbulam, 27, Africa’s first gold medalist at the Invictus Games, center left, warms up before an exhibition sitting volleyball match in Abuja Nigeria , Saturday, May 11, 2024. He was among the soldiers deployed during Nigeria ’s grinding counter-offensive against Islamic extremists in the northeastern Borno state in 2020 when an anti-aircraft weapon was fired at them.
“Eighty percent of our soldiers that have been involved in this recovery program are getting better and their outlook on life is positive,” said Abidemi Marquis, the military’s director of sports at the Nigerian Defense Headquarters. “It is so hard just waking up and discovering that you don’t have hands, are left with only one eye and 25% of your hearing – it was like life is over,” said Onuwchekwa, 45.
Sitting beside him was Sgt. Monday Peter, whose legs were amputated after an armored personnel carrier shattered them as they patrolled villages in northwestern Kaduna state in 2011.
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