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Nigeria’s security woes are still far from over as Boko Haram, one of the terrorist groups operating in northern Nigeria, killed 5,873 between December 2020 and May 2023.
According to SBM Intelligence, a leading geopolitical intelligence platform, the Islamic State faction managed to kill 5,873 individuals in 430 incidents in about 30 months.
“Nigeria’s longest-running insurgency entered its 13th year at the start of 2023. Over the past two years, the military has made significant strides against Boko Haram, buoyed by the suicide of longtime terrorist leader Abubakar Shekau during a falling out with another faction, and programmes such as Operations Safe Corridor and Sulhu. However, the Islamic State-backed faction’s expansion into the country’s North-Central and North-West indicates that the work is still unfinished,” SBM Intelligence said on Friday.
The Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) overshadowed Boko Haram in terrorist operations recently, and this makes the number of Boko Haram victims in the last two years worthy of note.
Borno was the state with the highest number of fatalities from Boko Haram attacks. Yobe, Niger and Adamawa also had hundreds of fatalities each. Taraba, Jigawa, Kano, Kaduna, Katsina, Nasarawa and Kogi states were also marked with fatal Boko Haram attacks.
