Barely a year after a major crisis instigated by the Boko Haram occurred in the state, leading to the death of many members of the Islamic sect, on December 8th, 
2010, attacked the Bauchi central prison, setting the place ablaze and freeing their members who were jailed following the 2009 unrest. Other prisoners were also released by the sect members. People in the adjoining communities fled their homes shortly after the attack on the prison. The attack came after a spate of deadly shootings in states across many states in the northern part of Nigeria which were blamed on members of the sect who have allegedly been regrouping and stocking-up weapons in a bid to launch another major attack.
Boko Haram which means “Western education is a sin” launched a violent campaign in July 2009 calling for Sharia law to be imposed on the entire country. A military intervention by the Nigeria authorities led to the killing of over 700 members of the group including the leader Muhammed Yusuf. Since then, the sect has become a recurring decimal in security alerts in the Northern part of the country.
