For more than 10 years of existence
of the radical Islamist movement, Boko Haram, has significantly worsened the
socio-political and economic situation in Nigeria. Since its formation in the
early 2000s, the insurgents have been carrying out violent attacks around the
country. Since 2009, when the group’s founding leader Mohammed Yusuf was
killed and replaced by his second-in-command, the attacks have grown
significantly, became more violent and intense.
Despite the poverty in northern Nigeria,
where 70 per cent of people live on less than N100 a day, the Boko Haram
terrorist group has at its disposal a seemingly limitless amount of heavy
weaponry, vehicles, bombs and ammunition which it uses to kill with
unfathomable wantonness. Boko Haram is very well-funded, with the
ever-increasing cash flow.