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Abubakar Shekau

Nigerian militant and former leader of Boko Haram


Abubakar Shekau
Abubakar Shekau

Abu Mohammed Abubakar al-Sheikawi was a Kanuri terrorist who was the leader of Boko Haram, a Nigerian Islamist militant group from 2009 to 2021. He served as deputy leader to the group's founder, Mohammed Yusuf, until Yusuf's execution in 2009.

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