Between 26 July and 3 August 2009, the Joint Task Force assaulted Boko Haram positions across Bauchi, Yobe, Kano and Borno States. An estimated 700 died, including sect leader Mohammed Yusuf, who was killed in police custody after capture. The extrajudicial execution catalysed the insurgency that followed.
Yar'Adua2009· ≈ 700 deaths· Chapter IV · Record
Boko Haram uprising (Maiduguri)
26 July – 3 August 2009. JTF assault on Boko Haram positions in Maiduguri. Mohammed Yusuf killed in police custody.
Sources
- · Nigerian Senate Report on the Boko Haram Crisis (2011)
What it cost — political & economic reality
The political and economic reality
Nigeria in 2009: who was in charge, the cabinet of the day, the GDP, and the crises that defined the period.
President · Fourth Republic
Alhaji Umaru Musa Yar'Adua
2007–2010· PDP
National reality
Niger Delta amnesty programme (2009). Yar'Adua became gravely ill in late 2009; the Doctrine of Necessity (Feb 2010) made Goodluck Jonathan Acting President. Yar'Adua died 5 May 2010.
Crises of the period
- Yar'Adua medical absence + cabal
- Niger Delta amnesty negotiations
- Boko Haram founding violence (Maiduguri 2009)
GDP (World Bank)
$166 bn (2007) → $369 bn (2010, post-rebasing trajectory)
Cabinet (selected portfolios)
- Education
Igwe Aja-Nwachuku; Dr. Sam Egwu
Source: Federal Gazette 2007–10
Methodology
Tier 1 · primary
Courts. Gazettes. National archives.
Tier 2 · corroborating
OCCRP. HRW. BudgIT. TheCable.
Redline
Wikipedia is never a source.