尽管军方特种部队与博科圣地在博尔诺州和约贝州发生过暴力交火，但博科圣地在其活动活跃的北方各州仍然相当强健。
Despite violent clashes with a special military task force in Borno and Yobe, the northern states where the sect is most active, Boko Haram remains robust.