Kammala wannan jumla: Borno ta kasance cibiyar kungiyar Boko Haram ta Musulunci tun lokacin da ta fara
tawaye a shekarar 2009. Rikicin a Borno ya jawo hankalin kafofin watsa labarai a cikin 2009 bayan arangama tsakanin Boko Haram da jami'an tsaro na gwamnati wanda aka ruwaito cewa an kama wanda ya kafa Boko Haram Mohammed Yusuf tare da membobinta 300. Kwanaki daga baya aka sanar da mutuwar Mohammed Yusuf bayan da aka ruwaito cewa ya yi kokarin tserewa daga tsare.