I’ve interviewed King Pato and Tall Lizzy separately before, but this time I wanted to bring them together and ask some of the questions people have always been curious about.
How much do they really make? Do they enjoy what they do? What happens when the cameras are off? And what does this kind of work do to their personal lives?
I know some people may not agree with their choices, but I think we can learn a lot from understanding people’s experiences rather than just judging them.
Which of their answers surprised you the most? And what other question would you have asked them?
Earlier today, I met with Mr. Femi Babafemi, Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, at the agency’s headquarters in Abuja. We had a productive conversation and explored possible areas of collaboration.
I want to take a moment to clarify something important. When I said that Nigerians do not care, I was not talking about the Nigerian Army or the military leadership. The Nigerian military has shown care through medical support, rehabilitation, and ongoing efforts for wounded soldiers. That is clear and acknowledged.
What I meant was this: many civilians do not see these soldiers. We don’t hear their stories. We don’t always understand what they went through, what they lost, or what life looks like for them after the battlefield.
There are soldiers who returned from war injured physically and emotionally and many of them still need support beyond what the military alone can provide.
Our intention is simple: to help bring their stories into the spotlight, so more Nigerians can see them, care about them, and support them in whatever way possible even if it’s something small.
At Lucky Udu Studio, we are not here to criticize. We are here to support, to document with respect, and to remind ourselves that these are human beings who served this country and deserve collective care.
We praise soldiers when they are strong and holding guns.
But once they are wounded… we move on.
Yesterday was January 15th, Armed Forces Remembrance Day. I spent it with wounded soldiers.
Men who left their homes healthy and came back broken in ways medicine cannot fix.
I sat with them. I listened to their stories and documented some of it
Some lost legs. Some lost arms. Some lost the future they planned for themselves.
They fought battles most of us only watch in movies. They took bullets so civilians could sleep peacefully. And when the war touched their bodies… society quietly forgot their names.
What hurts the most is not even the injury. It’s the way the world treats them after.
When they could fight, they were heroes. When they became wounded, they became invisible.
I gave them small cash support and words of encouragement. It felt tiny compared to what they have already paid with their bodies.
A country that only remembers its soldiers once a year is a country with a very short memory. #luckyudu#armedforcesday
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I’ve interviewed King Pato and Tall Lizzy separately before, but this time I wanted to bring them together and ask some of the questions people have always been curious about.
How much do they really make? Do they enjoy what they do? What happens when the cameras are off? And what does this kind of work do to their personal lives?
I know some people may not agree with their choices, but I think we can learn a lot from understanding people’s experiences rather than just judging them.
Which of their answers surprised you the most? And what other question would you have asked them?
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I want to take a moment to clarify something important. When I said that Nigerians do not care, I was not talking about the Nigerian Army or the military leadership. The Nigerian military has shown care through medical support, rehabilitation, and ongoing efforts for wounded soldiers. That is clear and acknowledged.
What I meant was this: many civilians do not see these soldiers. We don’t hear their stories. We don’t always understand what they went through, what they lost, or what life looks like for them after the battlefield.
There are soldiers who returned from war injured physically and emotionally and many of them still need support beyond what the military alone can provide.
Our intention is simple: to help bring their stories into the spotlight, so more Nigerians can see them, care about them, and support them in whatever way possible even if it’s something small.
At Lucky Udu Studio, we are not here to criticize. We are here to support, to document with respect, and to remind ourselves that these are human beings who served this country and deserve collective care.
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We praise soldiers when they are strong and holding guns.
But once they are wounded… we move on.
Yesterday was January 15th, Armed Forces Remembrance Day.
I spent it with wounded soldiers.
Men who left their homes healthy and came back broken in ways medicine cannot fix.
I sat with them. I listened to their stories and documented some of it
Some lost legs.
Some lost arms.
Some lost the future they planned for themselves.
They fought battles most of us only watch in movies.
They took bullets so civilians could sleep peacefully.
And when the war touched their bodies… society quietly forgot their names.
What hurts the most is not even the injury.
It’s the way the world treats them after.
When they could fight, they were heroes.
When they became wounded, they became invisible.
I gave them small cash support and words of encouragement.
It felt tiny compared to what they have already paid with their bodies.
A country that only remembers its soldiers once a year is a country with a very short memory. #luckyudu #armedforcesday
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