Boko Haram was encouraged and assisted by certain Nigerian politicians
Nigeria is composed of three people/tribes: the Christian Yoruba in the south-west, the Christian Igbo in the south-east, and the Muslim Hausa in the north. They periodically fight—e.g. in the late 60s they had basically a civil war when Igbo tried for independence (see Biafra) and were suppressed.
Boko Haram is based in the Hausa north and Hausa don’t like the more powerful and richer southern Christians.
Nigeria is composed of three people/tribes: the Christian Yoruba in the south-west, the Christian Igbo in the south-east, and the Muslim Hausa in the north. They periodically fight—e.g. in the late 60s they had basically a civil war when Igbo tried for independence (see Biafra) and were suppressed.
Boko Haram is based in the Hausa north and Hausa don’t like the more powerful and richer southern Christians.