Boko Haram: Fighting a cause or killing Nigeria?

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Sun News

15 February 2012

Boko Haram: Fighting a cause or killing Nigeria?

As the present state of insecurity in the country caused by the Boko Haram insurgency deepens, Nkiru Evongwa reviews the activities and reactions from groups and individuals.

The Genesis

When the Islamic sect, Boko Haram, unleashed its first attack on a police station in Bauchi State in July 2009, not many people thought that it was the beginning of insecurity in the country, especially coming at a time the Federal Government was negotiating amnesty with the Niger Delta militants.