Abubakar Shekau
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Abubakar Mohammed Shekau was a Nigerian militant who was the leader of Boko Haram, an extremist organization based in northeastern Nigeria, from 2009 until his suicide in 2021 during the Battle of Sam
Shekau announcing Boko Haram's abduction of 276 Nigerian schoolgirls in a May 2014 video
Artistic depiction of a Boko Haram attack in Borno State, Nigeria
Mohammed Yusuf (Boko Haram)
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Mohammed Yusuf, also known by his nom de guerre Abu Yusuf al-Barnawi, was a Nigerian militant who founded the Islamist militant group Boko Haram in 2002. He was its leader until he was killed during t
Abubakar Shekau
…Nigeria, from 2009 until his suicide in 2021 during the Battle of Sambisa Forest. He previously served as deputy leader to the group's founder, Mohammed Yusuf, until Yusuf's execution by Nigerian police in 2009. Nigerian authorities believed that Shekau was killed in 2009 during clashes between security forces…
Mohammed Yusuf