2009 Boko Haram uprising

2009 Boko Haram uprising
	Part of Boko Haram insurgency
Date	26–29 July 2009
Location	Nigeria Bauchi, Bauchi State; Maiduguri, Borno State; Potiskum, Yobe State; Wudil, Kano State; 10°19′01″N 9°51′00″E / 10.317°N 9.85°E
Result	Violence quelled
Belligerents
Boko Haram	Nigerian Government
Commanders and leaders
Mohammed Yusuf ; Abubakar Shekau	Umaru Yar'Adua ; Ibrahim Geidam; Ali Modu Sheriff; Isa Yuguda; Saleh Maina; Christopher Dega
Casualties and losses
	Around 1,000 dead total, mostly[specify] civilians
	Bauchi class=notpageimage\| The battles began in Bauchi and quickly spread to Maiduguri, Potiskum and Wudil.

The 2009 Boko Haram uprising was a conflict between Boko Haram, a militant Islamist group, and Nigerian security forces.

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