Since 2009 when the Islamic religious sect, Yusufiyya - which later became popular with its ideological identity, Boko Haram - began to blossom, the deadly sect has continued to deploy various tactics to sustain its resolve in undermining the Nigerian state.
From a bunch of radicalised Islamists with versed but seemingly skewed orthodoxy seeking to impose a totalitarian rule of Sharia in a multi-religious Nigeria, the sect began to embark on selective killings and maiming of politicians and security agencies.
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