BOKO HARAM: TERRORISM IN NIGERIA
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MAP OF NIGERIA
Location: West Africa
Total Area: 923,768 km2
Population: 150 Million
36 States
250 Ethnic groups
Official Language: English
Main Source of Revenue : Oil
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INTRODUCTION
1. Modern Terrorism before this was alien to Nigeria.
2. Most notable incident :1980 Maitatsine riots in Kano State.
3. Militant groups in the Niger Delta area commit kidnapping,
sabotage an other terrorist tactics.
4. 2005: Osama bin Laden declares interest in Nigeria in a
videotape.
5. Boko Haram sect emerges: the current terrorist threat faced by
Nigeria.
GOAL
EXAMINE THE EFFORTS TO COMBAT
TERRORISM IN NIGERIA
SCOPE
1. Background of the Boko Haram Sect
2. Challenges of Addressing Terrorism in Nigeria
3. Measures Adopted to Combat Terrorism in
Nigeria
BACKGROUND OF THE BOKO HARAM SECT
Formed by Mohammed Yusuf in Borno, Yobe, Kano
and Bauchi States in 2002
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BACKGROUND OF THE BOKO HARAM SECT
security forces clampdown on the group and the leader Mohammed
Yusuf is arrested but later shot by policemen on 30 July 2009 while
about 700 members were reportedly killed.
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