Missing, Wounded, Killed in Action: Tracking the cost of valour in Nigeria’s war against Boko Haram

At a time he was unsure of what path to settle for in his life’s journey, the young and active Ziggy (not real name), eventually decided to join the Nigerian Army. It didn’t just happen; Ziggy, the Lagos boy, was in a commercial vehicle going to Ojota when a soldier, beautifully adorned in his camouflage-uniform flagged down their bus, and hoped in, sitting right beside him. Admiring the soldier, the curious Ziggy made sure he got the information needed to join the Nigerian Army.

Ziggy now looks back to the day he took an oath to join the Army, and his eyes are filled with tears.