List of Famous people with last name Shekau

Abubakar Shekau

First Name Abubakar

Last Name Shekau

Born on March 24, 1973

Died on May 20, 2021 (aged 48)

Abu Mohammed Abubakar bin Mohammad al-Sheikawi is a Kanuri man known as the current leader of Boko Haram, a Nigerian militant group that has declared loyalty to the Islamist militant group, Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS). He served as deputy leader to the group's founder, Mohammed Yusuf, until Yusuf was executed in 2009.

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