Boko Haram

==== Political advantage ====
The political interests and bias of the Nigerian elite is believed to play a major role in the thriving of the activities of the organization: the political leadership requires that the press refer to the group as bandits rather than terrorists, which downplays the threat they pose.<ref>{{Citation |last1=Onapajo |first1=Hakeem |title=Restructuring, Political Gimmicks and Elite Manipulation in Nigeria |date=2021 |url=https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-73375-9_5 |work=A Sleeping Giant? : Nigeria's Domestic and International Politics in the Twenty-First Century |pages=61–71 |editor-last=Tella |editor-first=Oluwaseun |place=Cham |publisher=Springer International Publishing |language=en |doi=10.1007/978-3-030-73375-9_5 |isbn=978-3-030-73375-9 |access-date=2023-01-03 |last2=Babalola |first2=Dele|series=Advances in African Economic, Social and Political Development |s2cid=240595207 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Dickson |first=Charles |date=2015-03-14 |title=Nigeria: Elites And Politics |url=https://nigerianobservernews.com/2015/03/nigeria-elites-and-politics/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230103222621/https://nigerianobservernews.com/2015/03/nigeria-elites-and-politics/ |archive-date=2023-01-03 |access-date=2023-01-03 |website=[[Nigerian Observer]] |language=en}}</ref>