Who is, Who are Boko Haram?

Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau is the most wanted man in Nigeria

• Founded in 2002

• Initially focused on opposing Western education - Boko Haram means "Western education is forbidden" in the Hausa language

• Launched military operations in 2009 to create Islamic state

• Thousands killed, mostly in north-eastern Nigeria - also attacked police and UN headquarters in capital, Abuja

• Some three million people affected

• Declared terrorist group by US in 2013

• Assumed popularity through kidnap of 234 girls in Chibok, Nigeria

• Are suggested to be group founded by political jealous and evny

• Have real backing from political powers that be

• Are bent towards making Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan's administration ungovernable