In the past week, many Northern Nigerian states, including Kano, Kaduna and Katsina placed bans on the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), a Shia Islamic group in the north. The rise of another Islamic sect some years ago bears a close resemblance to the Shiite sect’s rise. He raised a secret army in Borno state Nigeria, training them how to use guns and other weapons with the support of International Wahhabi terrorist organisations in Saudi Arabia. And the same approach that changed Boko Haram from a city menace to a West-African terror group is being used with the IMN. Authorities seem to think the elimination of a leader, and the harassment of his followers means the weakening of the group.

Source: The North Africa Journal October 14, 2016 16:18 UTC