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Operated by Boko Haram, probably captured from the Nigerian Army. Panhard AML-60 [56] Armored car France: Operated by Boko Haram, probably captured from the Nigerian Army. VBL [57] Scout car France: Operated by Boko Haram, probably captured from the Nigerian army. T-55/55MV/AM/AMV: Main battle tank: At least 82 (2015) [38] [39] [58] Soviet Union
Boko Haram, officially known as Jamā'at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da'wah wa'l-Jihād [24] (Arabic: جماعة أهل السنة للدعوة والجهاد, lit. 'Group of the People of Sunnah for Dawah and Jihad'), [25] is a self-proclaimed jihadist terrorist organization based in northeastern Nigeria and also active in Chad, Niger, northern Cameroon, and Mali. [13]
Boko Haram rose to prominence in northwestern Nigeria in the early 2010's, growing to control territory in Borno State, southern Niger, and northern Cameroon.In 2021, the Islamic State - West Africa Province, which formed from ex-Boko Haram groups, launched an offensive that saw the death of Boko Haram's leader Abubakar Shekau and ISWAP dominating former Boko Haram strongholds. [2]
In service Notes Reconnaissance vehicles; FV101 Scorpion: Reconnaissance vehicle United Kingdom: 157 [23] FV107 Scimitar: Reconnaissance vehicle United Kingdom: 5 [23] More units purchased from Jordan ERC-90: Armoured car France: 80 [29] 40 with Lynx turret. EE-9 Cascavel: Armoured car Brazil: 70 [23] Delivered in 1994. [22] Panhard AML ...
Several Boko Haram "top fighters" outright defected. [15] According to an alleged insider account, up to 70% of Boko Haram's qaids (senior commanders) had secretly sided with ISWAP by the time of the operation. [16] One group of Boko Haram loyalists, counting "dozens" according to al-Naba, holed up at the well defendable Ghowbra camp. ISWAP ...
The Special Boat Service (SBS) is a special forces unit of the Nigerian Navy and the maritime special forces unit of the Nigerian Armed Forces. It is modelled after the Royal Navy's Special Boat Service and the United States Navy SEALS. [1] It is considered to be one of the more elite naval special forces units in Africa. [2]
On 25 December 2011, Boko Haram also bombed a church in Abuja and attacked other Christian targets in northern Nigeria. Boko Haram had previously given all Christians 3 days to leave Yobe State and Borno State following the Christmas bombings. The President of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, had declared a state of emergency in several towns of ...
The Boko Haram sect which has ties to Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) claimed responsibility for the car bomb attack that left 24 people dead; [11] the sect had been fighting Boko Haram insurgency that started as a result of their leader being killed by policemen after he had been arrested.