The Battle Against Boko Haram: What Works and What Falls Short in Nigeria's War on Terror We weren’t able to create a summary for you. Refresh your page to try again. Building a better future. Dedicated to the theory and... About Us The Harmony of Opposite Tensions Atlas Institute fo... BokoHaram targets both Muslims and Christians. attacks are often directed at individuals perceived as supporting the Nigerian government, including civil servants, local defense groups, and Muslim leaders who oppose the group. Most attacks are not based on the religion of the victims. ThebattleagainstterrorisminNigeria remains a long campaign for President Buhari, who recently claimed that Nigerian troops were denied weapons to fight BokoHaram. He also claimed that thousands of lives were lost because of rampant fraud in the procurement process. BokoHaram and the challenges of Nigeria'swaronterror. BokoHaramterrorism has been recognized by Nigerian President Jonathan as the most threatening and complex security issue inNigeria since independence. As such, the ongoing waragainstBokoHaraminNigeria should be treated--should not be treated with levity or treated as a local Nigerian crisis, but should be elevated to the status of the waragainst al-Qaeda. Nonetheless, BokoHaram remains resilient, conducting attacks in neighboring Cameroon, Chad, Niger, as well as Nigeria, emphasizing the threat it poses to Western and regional interests. The biopolitics and geopolitics of Nigeria’s ‘waronterror’.