Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Rikicin Boko Haram na 2009
ya yi sanadiyar mutuwar mutane fiye da 4000, ya kori kusan fararen hula miliyan, kuma ya lalata yawancin kayayyakin arewa maso gabashin Najeriya, wanda ya lalata tattalin arzikin da ya riga ya lalace. Wannan ya kara tsananta korafe-korafen al'ummar Arewa maso Gabas, wadanda yawancinsu Musulmai ne, kuma ya haifar da rashin wadataccen arziki da bambancin zamantakewa tsakanin Arewa da Kudu. Bugu da ƙari, Boko Haram ya bayyana a fili cewa sun yi imanin cewa masu cin hanci da rashawa da kuma musulmai na ƙarya suna sarrafa arewacin Najeriya, kuma suna neman magance wannan ta hanyar kafa wata ƙasa ta Islama da ke bin Shari'ar Shari'a. Kungiyar Boko Haram ta yi ikirarin cewa tana da kusanci da kungiyar ISIL kuma a hukumance ta yi alkawarin amincewa da kungiyar, inda ta sanar da amincewa da halifanci da kuma aikin kungiyar IS a watan Maris na shekarar 2015. A watan Disambar 2019, kungiyar IS ta fitar da wani faifan bidiyo da ke ikirarin nuna fille kan Kiristocin da aka yi garkuwa da su 11 a Najeriya.