For its religious disobedience of law and order and defiance of constituted authority, the government of Borno state designated the Boko Haram sect as an outlaw group of extremist and with the help of federal law enforcement agents carried out a crackdown on its members sometime in 2010. In reaction to this crackdown, which resulted into the loss of lives of some of his members, Mohammed Yusuf, the leader of the Boko Haram sect declared a holy war [Jihad] against the Nigerian state thus heralding an armed uprising by the group. The response of the federal government was swift and decisive.
How Zulum is fighting Boko Haram with Boko Halal, By Majeed Dahiru
