Since 2009 when Boko Haram launched its first attack in Nigeria, the terrorist sect has remained a significant security and economic threat to the countries of the Lake Chad region. While moderate successes were recorded between 2015 and 2016, with the government maintaining that the insurgent sect has been technically defeated, empirical evidence suggests otherwise. Using the historical approach as its research methodology, this paper analyses the factors responsible for the sect’s resurgence, and Nigeria’s response. It argues that Nigeria’s failure to nip the insurgency in the bud is attributable to two main factors: the emergence, growing, and unchecked influence of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISAWP) in the Lake Chad region, and the unresolved ill-equipped state of the Nigerian military. The paper submits that any serious attempt aimed at arresting this trend must begin by addressing these issues.

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十年的恐怖：重温尼日利亚无休止的博科圣地叛乱

自 2009 年博科圣地在尼日利亚发动第一次袭击以来，该恐怖教派一直是对乍得湖地区各国的重大安全和经济威胁。虽然在 2015 年至 2016 年期间取得了适度的成功，政府坚持认为叛乱教派在技术上已被击败，但经验证据表明并非如此。本文以历史方法为研究方法，分析了该教派死灰复燃的因素，以及尼日利亚的反应。它认为尼日利亚未能将叛乱扼杀在萌芽状态可归因于两个主要因素：伊斯兰国西非省（ISAWP）在乍得湖地区的出现、增长和不受限制的影响，以及装备不良的国家尚未解决尼日利亚军队。