The security challenges posed by Boko Haram and its breakaway factions in the riparian states of Lake Chad have attracted plethora of academic inquiries. Comparatively less attention has been paid to the relationship between the national economic interests of the riparian states (Lake Chad oil, fish, etc.) and adopted strategies for dealing with the challenges posed by these terrorist groups. Practically, regional organizations and national governments have evolved different strategies to counter the perennial security threats and hence stabilize the region for intra- and inter-state movements, trades and development with little success. The study argued that historical antecedents among states in the Lake Chad region which appear to institutionalize centrifugal social relations and conflicting economic interests in a security-threatened region that lacked durable security interdependence feed into sustenance of Boko Haram and subsequently undermine counterinsurgency operations. Data collection was based on survey method and complemented by documentary evidence based on secondary sources. The study found out that insurgency will persist unless appropriate security infrastructure is emplaced to promote patterns of amity and economic interdependence that will entrench deeply rooted and durable security architecture in the region.

博科圣地及其在乍得湖沿岸国家的分裂派系所带来的安全挑战吸引了大量的学术研究。相对而言，人们较少关注沿岸国家（乍得湖石油、鱼类等）国家经济利益之间的关系，并采取应对这些恐怖组织带来的挑战的战略。实际上，区域组织和国家政府制定了不同的战略来应对长期的安全威胁，从而稳定该地区的国家内部和国家间的流动、贸易和发展，但收效甚微。该研究认为，乍得湖地区各国之间的历史背景似乎使这个安全受到威胁的地区的离心社会关系和相互冲突的经济利益制度化，缺乏持久的安全相互依存，这助长了博科圣地的生存，并随后破坏了反叛乱行动。数据收集以调查方法为基础，并辅以基于二手来源的文件证据。研究发现，除非建立适当的安全基础设施来促进友好和经济相互依存的模式，从而巩固该地区根深蒂固和持久的安全架构，否则叛乱活动将持续存在。数据收集以调查方法为基础，并辅以基于二手来源的文件证据。研究发现，除非建立适当的安全基础设施来促进友好和经济相互依存的模式，从而巩固该地区根深蒂固和持久的安全架构，否则叛乱活动将持续存在。数据收集以调查方法为基础，并辅以基于二手来源的文件证据。研究发现，除非建立适当的安全基础设施来促进友好和经济相互依存的模式，从而巩固该地区根深蒂固和持久的安全架构，否则叛乱活动将持续存在。