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Chadd Wright retired from active military service in 2019. He was in Nigeria in 2014 alongside other international instructors to train the Nigerian Navy Special Boat Service (SBS) and other personnel in Lagos. This initial instructional phase took place 12 years ago. Wright did not release his viral video detailing his personal perspectives on the environment until 2022, which was 4 years ago.
During that exact same period in 2014, the United States placed an embargo on weapons sales to Nigeria. Faced with these restrictions and under severe security circumstances the AFN, the Nigeria Police Force, and the Department of State Services adapted strategically by sending personnel to train in Belarus. Through this foreign training, they became the most feared, highly skilled, and elite special forces in Nigeria at that time as terrified Insurgents who mistook their tactical capabilities for foreign mercenaries referred to them as "_Haya n Soja_" because of their lethality and precision. Once these operatives completed their training and returned, they unleashed hell on Boko Haram terrorists circa 2014, 2015, and 2016, successfully clearing major insurgent strongholds before policy decisions later saw the specific unit restructured and disbanded.
The year 2014 marked the very first time Nigeria as a whole fought a domestic insurgency of that magnitude and handled complex, full-scale asymmetric warfare. While Wright labeled the troops he met as "locals", his own experience did not include participating in conventional battles. During his time in Afghanistan, his role focused strictly on gathering intelligence and avoiding detection while operating in a non-traditional capacity.
The viral video he dropped years later pushed a highly narrow, outdated narrative that is dead on arrival. Today, Nigeria officially holds the best Special Operations Forces (SOF) in West Africa, features the most battle-hardened army on the African continent, and stands ranked as the 3rd strongest military in Africa and 33rd globally. A single retired instructor who was appointed to train personnel alongside others 12 years ago cannot be used to talk down on the modern capabilities of Nigeria's elite forces.
The West, especially the U.S., is increasingly uneasy about China’s near-monopoly on rare earth processing, where it controls over 90% of global refining. These materials power everything from EVs and smartphones to missiles and fighter jets, making them a hidden backbone of modern power.
Now, Nigeria’s $400 million Hasetins plant in Nasarawa, designed to process critical minerals like coltan, tantalum, and monazite, is becoming more than an industrial project.
To some, it is a geopolitical reset in motion.
Because if Africa starts refining and exporting these strategic minerals at scale, the global supply chain stops being China-dependent and starts becoming Africa-influenced. That shift alone is enough to trigger interest in Washington and other Western capitals, not through loud declarations, but through diplomacy, partnerships, and carefully structured investment flows designed to secure access before rivals lock everything down.
What looks like Nigeria building industry is actually the early stage of a global power recalibration, where minerals become leverage, and whoever controls the processing controls the future.
Context on how illiquidity.
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Wapco Lafarge has outstanding shares of 16.11B units, only 2.6B is available for the public. (16.15%) the rest belongs to owners and board.