Mohammed Yusuf, the leader of the Nigerian Islamist sect Boko Haram, died in police custody July 30 following his capture by Nigerian security forces. The sect, whose name translates to "Western education is a sin" in the local Hausa language (the group has also been referred to as the Nigerian Taliban), has been fighting running battles resulting in hundreds of deaths in several northern and middle belt states of Nigeria since the Nigerian security forces raided one of Yusuf's compounds July 26. Nigerian security forces will enforce a state of emergency that can be expected in the northern and middle belt states of the country that have experienced recent clashes. Army personnel, paramilitary mobile police and regular police will likely maintain a heavy presence with little restraint in Borno, Bauchi, Kaduna, Plateau, Taraba, Yobe and Zamfara states to prevent subsequent clashes from spiraling out of control.