source: Vanguard (Nigeria); Daily Post (Nigeria)
actor1: Islamic State (West Africa) - Lake Chad Faction and/or Boko Haram - Jamaatu Ahli is-Sunnah lid-Dawati wal-Jihad
actor2: Civilians (Nigeria)
location: Maiduguri
notes: On 17 January 2020, Boko Haram (JAS) or ISWAP destroyed power transmission facilities that led to major blackouts in Maiduguri LGA (Borno).