"If insurgency lasts for more than 24hours, the hand of the government is in it." - Late Gen. Sani Abacha.

No Nigerian will attest to not having a knowledge of the existence of the infamous terrorist organisation, Boko Haram. Translating in english, the name means, 'westernization is a sacrilege'. The Boko Haram insurgency has claimed a lot of Nigerian lives running into millions since it's onset and also have been described as the most deadly terrorist organisation in the world by the Global Terrorism index.

Established in 2002 by Muhammed Yusuf, the organisation ever since has continued to overwhelm security operatives in Nigeria. According to reports, the group had propagated it's ideologies employing non-violent means under it's founder Yusuf until 2009 when it was reported that Yusuf along with his father-in-law, Baba Fugu Mohammed had been executed by the Nigerian police without proper court trial. This action on the part of the police was considered an extra-judicial killing by the late Yusuf's followers and infuriated by it, they took to a peaceful, unarmed protest which was of course quickly suppressed by the Nigerian police. Some months later, we would hear nothing from the group until 2010.

In a 'surprise' broadcast made public in that year, an individual had presented himself as Abubakar Shekau, declaring new leadership over the terrorist group Boko Haram. In the broadcast, he had condemned the execution of the Organisation's former head, Yusuf along with his father-in-law, Fugu by the Nigerian police. As regards to that, he swore to unleash calamity on the northeast of Nigeria and boldly went ahead to dare the Nigerian army to stop him. Shekau, it was soon discovered was a 'man of his word'.

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