In his view, the outcome of a war could not be avoided no matter where you hide.

That could be as well true! At the end you just have to live every moment of your life, instead of hiding under the bed. Anyway, bearing on top of your head life bomb sounds a little scary to me. But I guess, if it wasn’t meant to explode, it wouldn’t anyway. Even if he literally dropped it.
That was interesting story. Benji from being a soldier to being caught by Nigerian soldiers saved his fellow not only twice, but thanks to his acting skills (pretending to be imbecile) he actually helped to win the battle against this Nigerian army.