Goodluck Jonathan

====2014====
On 16 January 2014, it was reported that Jonathan had sacked his military high command in response to their inability to end the Islamist-led insurgency in Northern Nigeria.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-25759755 "Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan sacks military chiefs"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181202105439/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-25759755|date=2 December 2018}}, BBC News, 16 January 2014.</ref> On 14 April, over 200 schoolgirls in [[Chibok]] were [[2014 Chibok kidnapping|kidnapped]].{{Citation needed|date=May 2020}} A few weeks later in May, a terrorist [[Chibok ambush|offensive]] was launched against the military in Chibok. Many demonstrations called for the government to be more responsive; Jonathan asked that demonstrators focus on blaming Boko Haram itself for the abductions.<ref>[http://www.nigerianeye.com/2014/05/blame-boko-haram-over-abduction-of.html Blame Boko Haram for the abduction of Chibok girls - Jonathan] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140525195852/http://www.nigerianeye.com/2014/05/blame-boko-haram-over-abduction-of.html|date=25 May 2014}}. NigerianEye.com Retrieved 24 May 2014</ref> Jonathan initially denied that there had been any abduction at all, but then later signaled his government would do a prisoner release in exchange for the kidnapped girls. Discussions then took place in Paris with foreign ministers from France, Britain, the United States and Israel, where he agreed no deals should be struck with terrorists. He then called off the exchange at the last minute on 24 May 2014.{{Citation needed|date=May 2020}} This reportedly enraged Boko Haram leaders.<ref name="ExchangeScrapped222">{{cite news|url=http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/222347979/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3/ht/Nigerian-government-called-off-deal-to-free-kidnapped-girls|title=Nigerian government 'called off deal' to free kidnapped girls|access-date=27 May 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140528021909/http://www.nigeriasun.com/index.php/sid/222347979/scat/8db1f72cde37faf3/ht/Nigerian-government-called-off-deal-to-free-kidnapped-girls|archive-date=28 May 2014|publisher=Nigeria Sun}}</ref>

In May 2014, [[2014 Jos bombings|two bombs exploded in Jos]], resulting in the deaths of at least 118 people and the injury or over 56 others.{{Citation needed|date=May 2020}} During the [[June 2014 Northern Nigeria attacks]], a plaza in the capital city was bombed and hundreds of villagers attacked in a two-day killing spree in [[Kaduna State|Kaduna.]]{{Citation needed|date=May 2020}} In November, Boko Haram [[2014 Kano bombing|bombed the city of Kano]], attempting to assassinate the Emir [[Muhammadu Sanusi II]].{{Citation needed|date=May 2020}} Starting in late 2014, Boko Haram militants attacked several Nigerian towns in the North and captured them.{{Citation needed|date=May 2020}} This prompted the Nigerian government to launch an offensive, and with the help of Chad, Niger, and Cameroon, they have recaptured many areas that were formerly under the control of Boko Haram. In late 2014, Boko Haram seized control of [[Bama, Nigeria|Bama]], according to the town's residents.{{Citation needed|date=May 2020}} In December 2014, it was reported that "people too elderly to flee Gwoza Local Government Area were being rounded up and taken to two schools where the militants opened fire on them.{{Citation needed|date=May 2020}}" Over 50 elderly people in Bama were killed. A "gory" video was released of insurgents shooting over a hundred civilians in a school dormitory in the town of Bama.<ref>{{cite web|last=Muyiwa|first=Afolabi|title=AFRICAN INSURGENCY the challenges of peace and security|url=https://www.academia.edu/26978386|language=en}}</ref>