thetimes.co.uk - Barely taller than his shotgun, Balarabe Mohammed was not a typical warrior, but nor were any of his comrades.
The motorbike mechanic, who has a form of dwarfism, was on duty this weekend alongside fellow vigilantes who were guarding their hometown against Boko Haram as millions of Nigerians braved threats of violence and delays to vote in the presidential polls.
Some were armed with homemade guns and wore bandoliers of buckshot shells. Others carried longbows with quivers full of hand-cut arrows. Some had machetes hewn from the leaf springs of car suspensions.
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