Boko Haram began its uprising in Bauchi State,
instigating a riot and attack on security agents. Over
1,000 residents of Bauchi were reportedly killed.
Below is a timeline of Boko Haram activities in
Nigeria:
July 26, 2009 – Police allegedly killed the sect’s
leader, Mohammed Yusuf, in police cell after
soldiers, who arrested him, handed him over to the
police alive
April 22, 2011 – Boko Haram attacks prison in Yola,
Adamawa, frees 14 prisoners
May 29, 2011 – Boko Haram attacks several
communities in northern Nigeria
June 16, 2011 – Boko Haram claims responsibility
for attack on Abuja police headquarters
June 26, 2011 – Boko Haram bombs beer garden in
Maiduguri, 25 killed, 12 injured
July 11, 2011 – University of Maiduguri closed down
over Boko Haram threats
August 26, 2011 – The Islamic sect bombed the UN
Building, Abuja, killing workers and visitors
August 12, 2011 – Boko Haram shoots dead Liman
Bana, prominent Islamic cleric
December 25, 2011 – Sect bombed the Catholic
Church, Madalla, killings several worshippers
Feb 8, 2012 – Boko Haram claims responsibility for
Kaduna army headquarters bombing
March 8, 2012 – Efforts to free Italian, British
captives abducted by BH fails as they’re killed
before they could be rescued in Sokoto
April 26, 2012 – Bombers hit ThisDay office in Abuja
June 17, 2012 – Boko Haram suicide bombers attack
3 Kaduna churches, 50 killed
Sept 19, 2012 – Nigerian army arrests BH militants,
says it killed Abu Qaqa
March 5, 2013 – Sultan calls for Amnesty for Boko
Haram members
Mar 18, 2013 – Suicide bombers attack Kano bus
stop, kill 22, 65 injured
Apr 5, 2013 – Jonathan sets up Boko Haram
Amnesty committee
Apr 17, 2013 – Jonathan sets up amnesty
implementation committee to engage BH
July 6, 2013 – Boko Haram attacks Government
Secondary School, Mamugu, killing 29 students
Sept 29, 2013 – BH attacks College of Agriculture in
Gujba, kills 40 male students
April 24, 2013 – Jonathan sets up Boko Haram
amnesty committee
May 14, 2013 – Jonathan declares state of
emergency in Borno, Yobe, Adamawa states over
BH attacks
August 2013 – Abubakar Shekau said to have been
shot and deposed by members
Chief of Defence Staff said the military would wipe
out Boko Haram by April, 2014 – Jan, 2014
April 14, 2014 – BH kidnaps Chibok schoolgirls at
Govt. Sec. School, Chibok, Borno
April 14, 2014 – BH suicide bombers attack Nyanya
bus station in Abuja, 90 killed
May 1, 2014 – Car bomb attack in Nyanya area of
Abuja, 19 killed, scores injured
May 18, 2014 – BH suicide bomb attack in Kano, five
killed
May 30, 2014 – Twin bomb explosions in Jos, 118
killed
September 17, 2014 – Nigeria military claims it
killed Abubakar Shekau ‘again’
September 2014 – Australian Stephen Davis names
some alleged ‘sponsors’ of Boko Haram
Sept 2014 – Boko Haram captured some towns –
Damboa, Gwoza, Bama and most Nigeria’s border
towns with Cameroon in Borno State and Mubi,
Madagali and Michika in Adamawa State
Sept 2014 – Nigeria’s military fought back Boko
Haram’s attack to retake Konduga, killing about 115
of the militants, several insurgents surrender their
weapons
September 2014 – The sect claimed it shot down a
Nigeria military jet and capture one of the pilots
alive. It released the video of how it beheaded one
of the pilots
October 17, 2014 – VOA reports a meeting of a
delegation of the Federal Government and Boko
Haram members on Saudi Arabia
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