Boko Haram wanted Adam Lawan dead.  As a politician and vigilante, he represented everything they detested: allegiance to democratic rule and brazen defiance of the group’s armed insurgency. So they went after him each time they raided Uta, a village in Bama, northeastern Nigeria. But Adam was lucky to escape the attempts on his life.  … Continue reading Chased By Terrorists, Caught By The Military: Two Sides Of An Ugly War