正如最新的美国国务院报告所指出的，尼日利亚人民“对贫穷、政府和安全部队 腐败以及警察逍遥法外和恣意横行的不满（已经）为博科圣地组织吸收新成员创造了温床。 ”
As a recent US State Department report points out, Nigerian citizens’ “grievances regarding poverty, government and security-force corruption, and police impunity and brutality [have] created a fertile ground for recruiting Boko Haram members.”