Boko Haram Insurgency in Nigeria; A Case Study of Boko Haram Attack in 2013
The Issues of Boko Haram activities in Nigeria has become order of the day with uncountable attack killing many people. But with all these insurgency activities in the country, the Nigerian Government seems to pay deaf ears on the ongoing Boko Haram attack which are destroys many lives and properties
Boko Haram has displaced over 2.3 million people since May 2013, and more than 250,000 left Nigeria and fled to Cameroon, Chad or Niger, while the group are able to killed over 6,600 people in 2014.
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Who are Boko Haram
Boko Haram also known as“Jama‘atu Ahl as-Sunnah li-Da‘awati wal-Jihad” (JASDJ) a Group of Sunni People Called Jihad. They're known to be Nigeria-based group that seeks to overthrow the current Nigerian Government and replace it with a regime based on Islamic law.
Nigerians understand Boko Haram to mean “Western education is forbidden”. Also the word boko is a holdover from the colonial English word for book. It came into existence in different forms during late 1990s, but it's impact was felt in Nigeria in July 2009 when the group clashed with Nigerian Government Armed forces which led to the deaths of hundreds of its members, and it's first leader Muhammad Yusuf but In July 2010, Abubakar Shekau became the new Boko Haram leader.
As the group increased in capacity,they start conducting near-daily attacks against Christians, security and police forces, the media, schools, politicians, and Muslims perceived as collaborators. They continued in raising its international profile and in pledging allegiance to the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
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Series of successful Boko Haram Attack in Nigeria
on 2nd December 2013: About 200 Boko Haram gunmen dressed as soldiers launch coordinated attacks on an air force base, a military barracks and a nearby checkpoint in Maiduguri. They burn buildings and five aircraft, and killed dozens of soldiers and civilians. The attacks prompt a round-the-clock curfew in the city and the suspension of flights.
On 30th November 2013: Boko Haram gunmen killed l seven fishermen in an ambush the town of Baga, as a revenge over the arrests of sect members the previous day. Local boats and fishing nets were burned in the attack. But Nigerian Troops killed Boko Haram members and arrest five others.
On 28 November 2013, the Boko HaramH insurgents killed 17 residents of Sabon Gari Village, in Damboa District, 90km from Maiduguri, during a raid in which over 100 shops and several vehicles were burned.
On 23 November 2013, Boko Haram gunmen killed 12 residents, burn several homes and steal vehicles in an attack on Sandiya Village, 85km outside Maiduguri.
On 21 November 2013,the Suspected Boko Haram group gunmen killed three vigilantes in the Kasuwar Gwari area of Yola for their collaboration with troops. Gunmen kill four policemen in an ambush on a police patrol vehicle in the Bauchi State capital, Bauchi. Over the arrest of their Spiritual leader.
On 13 November 2013, Gunmen riding on motorcycles kidnap a French Catholic priest from his parish in the Cameroonian village of Nguetchewe, 10km from the Nigerian border. The 15 gunmen cross into Nigeria, and Cameroon authorities blame Boko Haram.
Moreso, on 9 November 2013, five Boko Haram insurgents and two soldiers are killed in shootouts during raids on two Boko Haram hideouts in Kano, following Intel reports that gunmen were planning suicide attacks in Kano and Nigeria’s capital, Abuja.
On 4th November 2013, set of Boko Haram gunmen on motorcycles and in pickups killed 27 people and burn down 300 homes in a raid on Bama, a town in northeast Borno State. Twelve people were injured in the raid, according to a local official.
Then on 2th November 2013, insurgent group attack on a wedding convoy kills more than 30 people, including the groom, along Bama-Banki highway, while the convoy is returning from Michika in neighbouring Adamawa State.
Also 31st October 2013, the group gunmen killed 13 passengers in an ambush on a commercial bus in Bama District.
Furthermore, on 24 October 2013 the Boko Haram gunmen in military uniform launch coordinated attacks on a military barracks and four police facilities in Yobe State capital Damaturu. Scores were killed, including 35 men in army uniform.
A report on 3 October 2013 have it that "armed bandits" killed a Niger soldier and seriously wounded three others in northeast Nigeria on 2 October. The soldiers were part of a three-nation West African force combating trans-border crime, including Boko Haram violence.
On 28 September 2013, the Boko Haram gunmen open fire in a dormitory at the College of Agriculture, in the town of Gujba in Yobe State, while students are asleep. Forty students were killed.
Also 27 September 2013,Boko Haram splintered group Ansaru releases an online video of a French national kidnapped on 19 December 2012 in northern Nigeria’s Katsina State.
Then on 25 September 2013, the gunmen killed a priest and two children in an attack on a church in Dorawa Village, in northeastern Yobe State, burning the church and two nearby houses.
On 20 September 2013, the Boko Haram gunmen attack Bulabulin Ngaura Village, outside Maiduguri, killing 14 residents.
On 17 September 2013, the Boko Haram gunmen killedll 142 people and burn dozens of homes in coordinated attacks on the town of Benisheikh in Borno State. The gunmen dressed in military uniform use assault rifles, rocket launchers and anti-aircraft weapons in the attacks.
Still on 15th September 2013, the suspected Boko Haram gunmen attack a meeting of a local vigilante group in the town of Gamboru Ngala, in Borno State, on the border with Cameroon. They killed 17 people, including the vigilante leader and a local chief supporting them.
On 11th September 2013, gunmen with explosives and rocket-propelled grenades attack a police station in Ga’anda Village in northeast Adamawa State, killing two officers and injuring another. The police station was burned in the attack.
On 8th September 2013, Seventeen vigilantes, dubbed “Civilian JTF”, were killed and 18 injured in a fight with Boko Haram gunmen attacking Benisheik town, 72km from Maiduguri. Five Boko Haram gunmen were also killed in the fight.
Still in 2013 September 7, Boko Haram gunmen killed five residents on their way to mosque in Bulabulin Ngaura Village, 35km from Maiduguri.
On 5th September 2013, Boko Haram gunmen dressed as traders open fire on a market in the town of Gajiran, 85km from Maiduguri, killing 15 people.
On 31st August 2013, Boko Haram gunmen killed 12 nomads who storm Boko Harma’s hideout to avenge the killing of two herders killed by the insurgents following a previous attack on Yaguwa Village in Damboa District of Borno State. The Boko Haram gunmen disguised as soldiers shoot dead 24 vigilantes, who were combing Monguno Forest in Borno State in search of the insurgents.
On 21st August 2013, Seven Boko Haram insurgents and two policemen were killed in shootout following an attack on a police station in the town of Gwoza, Borno State. The Boko Haram gunmen killed four residents and injured eight others in an attack on Gamboru Ngala town on the border with Cameroon.
On 16th August 2013, Boko Haram gunmen opened fire on civilians and a police station in Konduga, killing 11 people.
On 12th August 2013: Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau appears in video taunting world leaders and vowing to defeat Nigerian authorities.
Then on 11th August 2013, the Boko Haram gunmen stormed a mosque and open fire on worshippers just before morning prayers, killing 44 people.
On 10th August 2013, the Boko Haram insurgents killed 12 residents in Ngom Village near Konduga. The attackers shoot dead and slaughtered their victims after retiring to their homes after who retires to their homes.
On 27th July 2013, the Boko Haram gunmen killed more than 20 civilians, mostly fishermen and traders. The attack is a reprisal for an attack on them by a vigilante group in Dawashe Village, near the town of Baga in Borno State.
On 26th July 2013, the group gunmen killed 23 youth vigilantes, called the “Civilian JTF”, fighting the insurgents in an ambush near the town of Mainok, 58km from Maiduguri. The vigilantes are returning to Maiduguri, with some suspected Boko Haram members arrested in Mainok.
On 13th July 2013, the Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau appeareds in a video expressing support for the 6th July attack on a boarding secondary school in the town of Mamudo in Yobe State that killed 41 students and a teacher, but did not claim responsibility for the massacre.
On 7th July 2013, Yobe State orders the closure of all secondary schools after a massacre at a boarding secondary school in the town of Mamudo by Boko Haram gunmen. The European Union condemns the "horrific murder by terrorists" at the school.
On 6th July 2013, the Boko Haram gunmen attack government secondary school in Mamudo in Yobe State, killing 41 students and a teacher and setting dormitories on fire.
On 29th June 2013, the group gunmen sacked seven hill communities in Gwoza District, forcing residents to flee into neighbouring Cameroon and other far-flung areas.
On 18th June 2013: Gunmen open fire on an examination hall in the Ansaruddeen private school in Maiduguri, killing five students. The group killed 13 people, including fishermen, along Alau Dam on the outskirts of Maiduguri, accusing them of collaborating with security agencies. The UN says at least 9,000 people have fled violence in northeastern Nigeria and crossed into neighbouring countries as a government offensive aims to end a four-year Islamist insurgency. A local official says some 19,000 wheat and rice farmers in Marte District, in northern Borno, have fled their fields for fear of BH attacks, raising concerns over potential food shortages.
On 17th June 2013: Boko Haram gunmen storm a student dormitory in a secondary school in Damaturu, killing seven students and two teachers. Soldiers kill two of the gunmen in a shootout. A five-hour shootout between Boko Haram gunmen and soldiers at a military checkpoint in Damaturu leaves three soldiers wounded.
On 11th June 2013: The Boko Haram gunmen disguised as mourners killed 15 residents of the Hausari area of Maiduguri in a fake funeral, a reprisal for the arrest of a sect member the previous day. The attack prompts the spontaneous formation youth vigilante groups fighting Boko Haram, forcing the insurgents to flee.
On 7th May 2013: Boko Haram launches coordinated attacks in the northeastern town of Bama against security formations, killing 55 people and freeing 105 inmates.
On 5th May 2013, a group of gunmen storms Njilang Village in northeast Adamawa State, killing 10 residents in attacks on a church and a market.
On 3rd May 2013, the former Nigerian oil minister, Ali Monguno, was kidnapped by gunmen who storm his vehicle outside a mosque in the restive city of Maiduguri.
On 18th March 2013, a suicide attack at a bus station in Nigeria’s second largest city, Kano, killed 41.
On 15th March 2013, the gunmen killed a senior judicial official in northern Nigeria's largest city, Kano. Gunmen raid a prison in Gwoza, in northeastern Borno State, freeing 170 inmates and killing a civilian.
On 12th March 2013, the gunmen open fire at a primary school in the northern city of Kano, injuring four teachers before fleeing on a stolen motorcycle.
On 28th February 2013, three people, including a soldier, are injured in multiple blasts in three areas of Maiduguri, with one targeting a military patrol vehicle. Gunmen storm a residence housing foreign workers in Tella Village, in central Taraba State, killing two police guards in a failed kidnapping.
On 23th February 2013, five people were killed in an attack on a group of people playing cards in Maiduguri. The assailants were gunmen riding on a motorcycle.
On 22th February 2013, a suicide blast targeting a military vehicle in Maiduguri killed one civilian and wounds six soldiers. Gunfire rings out for hours.
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