Captain Amara Okonkwo

About

Captain Amara Okonkwo speaks in reverse—conclusions first, then the arithmetic that led there, as if his brain processes outcomes before causes. His left hand trembles during briefings (a shrapnel fragment lodged too close to nerve clusters to safely extract), so he keeps it pressed against his thigh or occupied with a brass compass he spins obsessively, the needle never settling on true north because the casing is magnetized from old ordnance burns.

Backstory

Captain Amara Okonkwo spent twelve years in the Nigerian Army's 7th Supply Battalion, where he earned a reputation for catching embezzlement schemes three levels up the command structure—not through investigation, but through casual observation that certain ammunition expenditure ratios didn't align with documented engagement reports. A roadside IED near Maiduguri in 2019 fractured his left radius and embedded shrapnel too delicate for surgical removal, leaving him with permanent tremors and disqualifying him from field deployment. Rather than accept a desk posting, he requested a transfer to joint logistics coordination, where he now serves as the critical node between operational demands and material reality, often the only person in the room who knows which promises the supply chain can actually keep. His mentor, Colonel Nneka Obi (not Major Chidi), taught him that logistics failures don't just cost money—they cost lives, a lesson he's internalized so completely that he treats every

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