A military contingent that the government dispatched in 2009 to Maiduguri, the northern city that has become the sect’s bastion, killed its leader, Mohammed Yusuf, his father-in-law, and many of their followers.
Un contingent militaire déployé en 2009 par le gouvernement à Maiduguri, la ville du nord devenue bastion de la secte, a tué son chef, Mohammed Yusuf, son beau-père, ainsi que nombre de ses disciples.