What if we told you this armored patrol boat—armed with W85 heavy machine guns mounted fore and aft—isn’t operated by the Nigerian Army, Navy, or Air Force? Shockingly, it belongs to Asari Dokubo’s notorious militia group, the “Amama Soldiers.”
This gunboat is just one of many in their arsenal, raising serious questions about the unchecked proliferation of military-grade firepower in the hands of non-state actors.
How did we get here? In a country with a standing military, how do private militias wield such firepower with impunity?
This is Nigeria—where the lines between state security and private warlords blur dangerously.
