Twenty years after the Zombie Apocalypse began, Nigeria is one of a few remaining world powers. The States of Abia and Bauchi had fallen to the Undead, but the Nigerian military and civilian militias managed to secure Bayelsa, Benue and Borno. No one knew what had become of Akwa Ibom, Anambra or Adamawa. As far as Commander Moe Adewale was concerned, these states were overrun by the living dead and staying the hell away from them was the only course of action.
"The United States, the United Kingdom and China have fallen, along with Argentina, India, and Australia, but we Nigerians remain, there's a reason why," Commander Mohammed "Moe" Adewale said. The tall, dark-skinned, burly Nigerian Muslim officer looked at the men and women under his command, and shook his head. The platoon numbered only thirty five troopers, not enough for Border Sanitation. When the Zombie Apocalypse began, Nigeria closed its borders, stationing troops to keep out both human refugees from nearby nations and the ravenous Undead. The African grand plan worked...somewhat.
When the Zombie Apocalypse began, Nigeria benefitted from the fact that its first female president, Theresa Okafor, had more than doubled the size of the national army. Conflicts with neighboring nations, as well as rebellious elements such as Boko Haram and others forced the Nigerian military to expand its operations into various theaters of war. The Nigerian army proved quite capable against the Undead, benefitting from the ruthlessness and efficiency of its commanders, and their complete absence of concern for human rights.
The Nigerian military protected their countrymen due to their Border Sanitation Units. Highly trained, these elite shock troops that went into nearby Niger, Chad, Cameroon and Benin were the talk of the Nigerian republic. Commander Moe Adewale looked at Border Sanitation Unit Number Seventeen, and wondered what he was getting himself into. They were going to be parachuted into Benin, to sanitize a particularly dangerous stretch of the Nigeria/Benin border, one teeming with the Undead. If Nigeria didn't maintain its vigilance, it would vanish just like the others...
A plethora of Western democracies, among them America, Canada and the United Kingdom proved woefully inadequate when it came to dealing with the Undead. In Africa, large cities are often surrounded by a whole lot of nothing, making isolation and containment fairly manageable. In the West, congested large cities such as New York, Toronto and Melbourne proved to be perfect vectors for the spread of the Zombie plague, and these nations fell rapidly. In the end, it wasn't immigration or Islam which ended the reign of Europe, it was the Zombie Apocalypse.
From time to time, Nigeria heard back from some outposts which were still holding on. They heard regularly from Haiti, Cuba, and Brazil, for example. Japan has recently gone dark. The last time the Nigerian Military High Command heard any news out of Europe or Asia, Russian troops were duking it out with the Undead everywhere from Kazan to Rustavi in nearby Georgia. Commander Moe Adewale sincerely wished the Russians luck against the Zombies. The Russians were the only Europeans Commander Adewale found likeable, and their former leader Putin had been a strong and ruthless man whom he admired.
Across the Motherland of Africa, the geopolitical landscape was quite different from what it had been before the Zombie Apocalypse. Ethiopia had fallen, but Eritrea was still hanging on. Somalia was overrun with the ravenous Undead, but Djibouti had secured itself due to its isolationist stance. No one has heard anything from Kenya, Gambia, Senegal, Congo, Togo or Rwanda in a very long time. As far as the Nigerians were concerned, they were among a few African nations which were surviving the Zombie Apocalypse...
"Sir, I second that," said Corporal Yasmin Ajoku, a tall, curvy and dark-skinned young woman who typically hung onto the Commander's every word. Five years ago, during the evacuation of Port Harcourt, Commander Moe Adewale saved Yasmin Ajoku along with her brother Jonathan and her elderly mother Nancy. Yasmin was quite thankful to the Commander, and joined the armed forces to participate in the defense of the Nigerian motherland against both zombies and unwanted refugees and invaders.
"Thank you, Corporal," Commander Adewale replied, while Yasmin's fellow recruits tried not to roll their eyes. Yasmin had a mad crush on the Commander, and the older soldier seemed blissfully unaware of it. Yasmin's colleague, a young patrolman named Ahmad Iheme, poked her in the ribs. Startled, Yasmin shot Ahmad a wuthering look, and the young man guffawed like a college freshman at a party. Yasmin resisted the urge to slap the fool. It wouldn't do to cause a scene in front of the Commander...
"My apologies, Corporal, I had something in my throat," Ahmad said, managing to utter these words with a straight face. Corporal Yasmin Ajoku shook her head and slapped Ahmad's arm. Everyone in the platoon knew that the Corporal fancied the Commander. The majority of the recruits and the junior officers commanding them considered Commander Moe Adewale a true hero. Was he not the man who, with a unit of only a few thousand soldiers, managed to save the City of Kano, in northern Nigeria?