JK SPEAKS BOKO HARAM!

For the faithful JK readers, I'm sure you would remember the article that was put up mid-last year, concerning young upcoming artistes speaking about Boko Haram. Well to be sincere, we at JK did not expect the situation to be as inflamed as it is now. Boko Haram has in a series of a few months turned Nigeria to a scare-spot. I remember speaking to a few youths last year and they did not know who or what Boko Haram was and now we all do, even little kids in their own little way know what Boko Haram is.

As we all know, Boko Haram are People Committed to the Propagation of the Prophet's Teachings and Jihad. They evidently are prepared to kill anybody that gets in the way of that. Listed below are some of thier actions from the onset to christmas day, 2011.

7 September, 2010	On that day Boko Haram frees over 700 inmates from a prison in Bauchi State.
December, 2010	Boko Haram is blamed for a market bombing, following which 92 of its members are arrested by the police.
28 January, 2011	The Borno state candidate of the All Nigeria People's Party (ANPP) for the April 2011 gubernatorial elections is assassinated, along with his brother, four police officers and a 12-year old boy. Boko Haram is blamed for these killings, other commentators note that the assasination of the ANPP governorship candidate Mr. Modu Fannami Gubio is politically motivated. No evidence is offered for Boko Haram's involvement.
8 February, 2011	Boko Haram offer conditions for peace. The radicals demand that the Borno State Governor, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, step down from office with immediate effect and also allow members to reclaim their mosque in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State. On 9th May 2011 Boko Haram rejects an offer for amnesty made by the governor-elect of Borno state, Kashim Shettima
29 March, 2011	The police “thwarts a plot to bomb an [ANPP] election rally” in Maiduguri, Borno State (map). The threat is blamed on Boko Haram.
1 April, 2011	On the day before the original date of Nigeria’s legislative elections, suspected Boko Haram members attack a police station in Bauchi (map).
9 April, 2011	A polling center in Maiduguri is destroyed.
15 April, 2011	The Maiduguri office of the Independent National Electoral Commission is bombed, and several people are shot in a separate incident on the same day. Authorities suspect Boko Haram.
20 April, 2011	Boko Haram kills a Muslim cleric and ambushes several police officers in Maiduguri.
22 April, 2011	Boko Haram frees 14 prisoners during a jailbreak in Yola, Adamawa State
29 May, 2011	Boko Haram is blamed for a series of bombings in northern Nigeria that leave 15 dead
17 June, 2011	The group claims responsibility for a bombing attack on the police force headquarters in Abuja that occurred the previous day. Officials believe that the attack is the first suicide bombing in Nigeria's history and that it specifically targeted Police Inspector-General Hafiz Ringim.
26 June, 2011	The sect carries out a bombing attack on a beer garden in Maiduguri, according to officials and witnesses. Militants on motorcycles throw explosives into the drinking spot, killing about 25 people.
27 June, 2011	Another bombing in Maiduguri is attributed to the group. It kills at least two girls and wounds three customs officials.
03 July, 2011	A bombing in a beer garden in Maiduguri is attributed to the group. It results in the death of at least twenty people.
10 July, 2011	A bombing at the All Christian Fellowship Church in Suleja, Niger State.
11 July, 2011	The University of Maiduguri temperory closes down its campus citing security concerns.
12 August, 2011	Prominent Muslim Cleric Liman Bana is shot dead by Boko Haram. He dies after sustaining gunshot wounds. He walking home after conducting prayers at the main mosque in Ngala.
26 August, 2011	The UN headquarters in Abuja are blown up by a suicide car bomber, leaving at least 21 dead and dozens more injured. A Boko Haram spokesman later claimes responsibility.						Four men are produced in an Abuja magistrates' court, they are charged with organising the bombing and are remanded in custody for a federal high court hearing.
16 October, 2011	Police suspect that members of Boko Haram have shot and killed politician Modu Bintube outside of his home in Maiduguri.
22 October, 2011	Spokesman Abu Qaqa indicats that the militant group has slain Alhaji Zakariya Isa, a Nigerian Television Authority journalist, claiming that he was a government informant.
5 November, 2011	A series of coordinated attacks in Borno and Yobe states, primarily around Damaturu, kill at least 67 people, leaving a new police headquarters in ruins, and government offices burned. A Boko Haram spokesman tells The Daily Trust newspaper that it is responsible for the attacks and promises more.
25 December, 2011	Boko Haram claims responsibility for bomb attacks on churches across Nigeria.