The 2009 Boko Haram uprising Hostile_encounter was a conflict Hostile_encounter between Boko Haram , a militant Islamist group , and Nigerian security forces .

The 2009 Boko Haram uprising Hostile_encounter was a conflict Hostile_encounter between Boko Haram , a militant Islamist group , and Nigerian security forces .

A government inquiry Criminal_investigation later found Know that , while long-standing tensions existed Presence between Boko Haram and the Nigerian Security forces , the immediate cause Causation of the violence stemmed Causation from a confrontation Hostile_encounter between a group of sect members and police in the city of Maiduguri .

The Boko Haram members were en route to bury Placing a comrade at the cemetery .

According to initial media reports , the violence Violence began Process_start on 26 July when Boko Haram launched Process_start an attack Attack on a police station in Bauchi State .

Nigerian troops surrounded Surrounding the home of Ustaz Mohammed Yusuf , the founder and spiritual leader of Boko Haram since 2002 , in Maiduguri on 28 July after his followers had barricaded Having_or_lacking_access themselves inside .

Prior to the clashes , many local Muslim leaders and at least one military official had warned Warning the Nigerian authorities about the Boko Haram sect .

On 30 November 2018 , Cameroon was stripped Removing of hosting Social_event the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations due to delays Change_event_time in the delivery Sending of infrastructure , the Boko Haram insurgency and the Anglophone Crisis .

A spokesperson from the Sunni Islamist group Boko Haram later claimed Statement responsibility .

Responsibility for the kidnappings Kidnapping was claimed Statement by Boko Haram , an extremist terrorist Terrorism organization based in northeastern Nigeria .

Newspaper reports Reporting suggested Statement that Boko Haram was hoping to use Using the girls as negotiating pawns in exchange Exchange for some of their commanders in jail .

The 2015 Baga massacre Killing was a series of mass killings Killing carried out Military_operation by the Boko Haram terrorist Terrorism group in the north-eastern Nigerian town of Baga and its environs , in the state of Borno , between 3 January and 7 January 2015 .

The attacks Attack are said Statement to have resulted in Causation Boko Haram extending Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale its control Control to over 70 % of Borno State , while its leader , Abubakar Shekau , claimed Statement responsibility for the massacre Killing in a video statement Statement , saying Statement that they `` were not much '' and that the group 's insurgency `` would not stop Preventing_or_letting '' .