Peacemaker Azuegbulam, 27, Africa's first gold medalist at the Invictus Games, prepares to take part in 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. By the time he regained consciousness, his life was no longer the same, starting with his left leg which was later amputated. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
Sgt. Monday Peter whose two legs were amputated after an armored personnel carrier shattered his legs as they patroled villages in the northwestern Kaduna state in 2011, waits to take part in an exhibition sitting volleyball match in Abuja Nigeria, Saturday, May 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
Peacemaker Azuegbulam, 27 Years old, Africa's first gold medalist at the Invictus Games , poses for a photograph after an exhibition sitting volleyball match in Abuja Nigeria, Saturday, May 11, 2024. One late evening in November 2020, a year into the military, Peacemaker Azuegbulam's lifelong dream of becoming a soldier ended before it barely started. He was among the soldiers deployed during Nigeria's grinding counter-offensive against Islamic extremists in the northeastern Borno state when an anti-aircraft weapon was fired at them. By the time he regained consciousness, his life was no longer the same, starting with his left leg which was later amputated. (AP Photo/Chinedu Asadu)
Sgt. Monday Peter whose two legs were amputated after an armored personnel carrier shattered his legs as they patroled villages in the northwestern Kaduna state in 2011, left, participates in an exhibition sitting volleyball match and others in Abuja Nigeria, Saturday, May 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
Peacemaker Azuegbulam, 27, Africa's first gold medalist at the Invictus Games, right, takes part in 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. By the time he regained consciousness, his life was no longer the same, starting with his left leg which was later amputated. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
Members of Invictus Games Wounded Soldiers wait to take part in an exhibition sitting volleyball match in Abuja Nigeria, Saturday, May 11, 2024 (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
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. By the time he regained consciousness, his life was no longer the same, starting with his left leg which was later amputated. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
Sgt. Monday Peter whose two legs were amputated after an armored personnel carrier shattered his legs as they patroled villages in the northwestern Kaduna state in 2011, left, participates in an exhibition sitting volleyball match in Abuja Nigeria, Saturday, May 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
Lance Corporal, Dean Onuwchekwa, an Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) specialist whose upper half body was damaged in 2021 by an improvised explosive device he was trying to disarm in Borno state's attends an exhibition sitting volleyball match in Abuja Nigeria, Saturday, May 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
Lance Corporal, Dean Onuwchekwa, an Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) specialist whose upper half body was damaged in 2021 by an improvised explosive device he was trying to disarm in Borno state's attends an exhibition sitting volleyball match in Abuja Nigeria, Saturday, May 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)