Reporter: 250 MILES
FROM THE NIGERIAN CAPITAL OF
NABUJA, IT IS THE EPICENTER
OF BOKO HARAM'S HOLY WAR
AGAINST THE COUNTRY.
I REALLY WOULD PREFER NOT
TO TALK ABOUT BOKO HARAM'S
ACTIVITIES.
THEY MAKE ME VERY
UNCOMFORTABLE.
Reporter: IS THAT
BECAUSE YOU'RE AFRAID?
OF COURSE, EVERYBODY IS
AFRAID.
WE'RE ALL LIVING IN FEAR.
Reporter: ON
JANUARY 20th, OVER 100
BOKO HARAM'S MILITANTS
LAUNCHED THEIR DEADLY
ATTACKS.
THEY KILLED 185 PEOPLE AND
INJURING MANY OTHERS.
AND THIS IS CARNO TODAY,
SEVERAL WEEKS AFTER THAT
DEADLY EXPLOSION BY BOKO
HARAM.
THIS IS A CITY ON EDGE.
YOU HAVE THE POLICE, AS WELL
AS THE NIGERIAN ARMY
PATROLLING OF STREETS,
SETTING UP NUMEROUS CHECK
PINTS IN CHECK-POINTS IN A
WAY TO TRY TO PROTECT THIS
CITY.
WHAT THIS GROUP IS DOING
TO OUR COUNTRY IS TERRIBLE.
THEY'RE KILLING OUR PEOPLE
AND THEY WANT TO DIVIDE US.
Reporter: BOKO HARAM'S
OFFICIAL NAME IN ARABIC
MEANS THE PEOPLE COMMITTED
TO PROVIGATION.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE ISLAMIST
GROUP SAYS THE DEADLY
ATTACKS WON'T STOP UNTIL
SHARI'A LAW RULES THE
COUNTRY.
IT HAS THE SAME IDEOLOGY
OF ALL OTHERS, AS
JIHADISTS.
THEY WANT TO ESTABLISH AN
ISLAMIC STATE, AND PUSH TO
THE SOUTH AND ACROSS
NIGERIA.
Reporter: IT WON'T BE
EASY.
NIGERIA IS EVENLY SPLIT
BETWEEN CHRISTIANS IN THE
SOUTH AND MUSLIMS IN THE
NORTH.
SHARI'A LAW IS ALREADY
ACROSS 12 STATES.
AND WHILE BOKO HARAM WANTS
TO SEE THE ISLAMIC LAWS MORE
STRICTLY ENFORCED, THE GROUP
HAS LITTLE TRACTION IN THE
SOUTH.
THEY ARE TRYING TO SPARK
A RELIGIOUS WAR.
BY GETTING CHRISTIANS AND
MUSLIMS TO FIGHT ONE
ANOTHER.
Reporter: THEY HAVE
ATTACKED THEIR HOMES,
CHURCHES, AND KILLING SCORES
OF BELIEVERS.
CHRISTIAN RANSOM BELLUM IS A
PROMINENT CHRISTIAN LEADER,
AND HE HAS RECEIVED SEVERAL
DEATH THREATS.
THE MOST RECENT CAME FROM
BOKO HARAM, WARNING ABOUT AN
IMPENDING ATTACK AGAINST
CHURCHES HERE.
MY BIGGEST WORRY IS ABOUT
THE SECURITY OF THE
CHRISTIANS IN CARNO.
Reporter: ONE OF THE
LARGEST MOSQUES USED A
FRIDAY GATHERING TO URGE
FOLLOWERS TO REMAIN CALM AND
SEEK PEACE.
IMAM REFUSED TO DIRECTLY
CRITICIZE OR CONDEMN THE
ACTIONS BY BOKO HARAM.
THE GROUP HAS DISTRIBUTED
LEAFLETS WARNING THOSE NOT
TO CRITICIZE THEIR ACTIONS.
I DON'T KNOW WHO THOSE
PEOPLE ARE, SO I CAN'T JUDGE
THEM.
I CAN'T TELL YOU IF BOKO
HARAM IS A RELIGIOUS GROUP
FOR NOT.
Reporter: MANY OF THE
RECENT ATTACKS, INCLUDING
THE JANUARY 20th INCIDENT,
WERE FAR MORE COMPLEX AND
COORDINATED THAN ANYTHING
LINKED TO BOKO HARAM
BEFORE.
THE BOMBS ARE
INCREASINGLY SOPHISTICATED
AND POWERFUL.
SO THIS HAS GONE BEYOND A
SORT OF LOCAL RADICAL
GROUP.
Reporter: THAT HAS
NIGERIAN AND WESTERN
OFFICIALS WORRYING ABOUT
POTENTIAL LINKS TO
INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST
GROUPS LIKE AL-QAEDA.
THEY TRACED FUNDING FOR THE
GROUP'S ACTIVITIES TO.
U.K. AND SAUDI ARABIA.
MEMBERS HAVE ALSO REPORTEDLY
MET AND RECEIVED TRAINING
FROM SENIOR al-QAEDA
FIGURES IN NORTH AFRICA.
AND NOW PERHAPS EQUALLY
WORRYING ARE REPORTS OF BOKO
HARAM SYMPATHIZERS WITHIN
NIGERIA'S POLICE,
INTELLIGENCE SERVICES, ARMY,
AND JUDICIARY.
LEAVING MANY TO WORRY ABOUT
THEIR FUTURE.
THESE ISSUES GO BEYOND
ECONOMIC, GOES BEYOND
POLITICS -- IT IS
SPIRITUAL.
Reporter: GEORGE
THOMAS, CBN NEWS, CANO,
NIGERIA.