On 14 May 2013 , President Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of emergency in Northeast Nigeria , including Borno State along with the neighboring states of Adamawa and Yobe . This happened after fighting between Boko Haram and the state armed forces killed as many as 200 people in the town of Baga . A spokesman for the Nigerian Armed Forces declared that the offensive would continue " as long as it takes to achieve our objective of getting rid of insurgents from every part of Nigeria . " In July 2014 , Borno state governor Kashim Shettima said that " 176 teachers had been killed and 900 schools destroyed since 2011 . " After the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping in April 2014 , most schools in Borno State were closed . They were scheduled to reopen in November 2014
killed as many as 200 people
2013 Baga massacre
Borno State