- UN reference
- QDi.322
- Sanctions regime
- ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida (1267 Committee)
- Type
- Individual
- Nationality
- Nigeria
- Date of birth
- 1969
- Place of birth
- Shekau Village, Yobe State, Nigeria
- Address
- Nigeria
- Aliases
- Abubakar Shekau; Abu Mohammed Abubakar bin Mohammed (low quality); Abu Muhammed Abubakar bi Mohammed (low quality); Imam Darul Tauhid (low quality); Imam Darul Tawheed (low quality); Shayku (low quality); Shehu (low quality); Shekau (low quality)
- Listed on
- 26 June 2014
- Updated by the UN
- 30 October 2023
Other information (UN original text)
Member of the Kanuri tribe. Physical description: eye colour: black; hair colour: black. Photo available for inclusion in the INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice. Leader of Jama'atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda'Awati Wal-Jihad (Boko Haram) (QDe.138). Under Shekau’s leadership, Boko Haram has been responsible for a series of major terrorist attacks INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice:https://www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/Notices/View-UN-Notices-Individuals
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