Abu Mohammed Abubakar BIN MOHAMMED

Other names

  • ABUBAKAR MOHAMMED SHEKAU
  • Abubakar SHEKAU
  • Abu Muhammed Abubakar bi Mohammed
  • Abu Muhammed Abubakar BI MUHAMMED
  • Darul Tauhid
  • Darul Tawheed
  • Imam Darul Tauhid
  • Imam Darul Tawheed
  • Shekau Mohammed Abubakar
  • SHAYKU
  • SHEHU
  • SHEKAU
  • أبو بكر محمد الشكوى

Sanctioned by

Names

Abu Mohammed Abubakar bin Mohammed
Imam Darul Tauhid
Shayku
Shekau Mohammed Abubakar
Abubakar Shekau
Imam Darul Tawheed
Abu Muhammed Abubakar bi Mohammed
Shekau
Shehu

Birth

1969
NIGERIA, NG, Shekau Village, Yobe State

Affiliation

citizenship: NIGERIA

Designation

title: Imam
position: Leader of Jama'atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda'Awati Wal-Jihad (Boko Haram)

Address

NIGERIA, NG

Notes

Other information: (a) Physical description: eye colour: black; hair colour: black; (b) Photo available for inclusion in the INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice. Date of designation referred to in Article 2a(4)(b): 26.6.2014.

European Union
European Commission
European Commission Consolidated List

Listed

2014-07-04

Names

Abubakar Shekau
Abu Muhammed Abubakar bi Mohammed
Abu Mohammed Abubakar bin Mohammed
Shayku
Shehu
Shekau
Abubakar Mohammed SHEKAU
أبو بكر محمد الشكوى
Darul Tauhid
Darul Tawheed

Birth

1969
Nigeria, Shekau Village, Yobe State

Affiliation

nationality: Nigeria
regime: ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida

Designation

title: Imam

Address

Nigeria

Reason

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. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 2368 (2017) was concluded on 4 Dec. 2019. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https://www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/Notices/View-UN-Notices-Individuals.

United Kingdom
HM Treasury
Financial Sanctions Consolidated List

Listed

2014-07-08

Updated

2020-12-31

Names

ABUBAKAR MOHAMMED SHEKAU
أبو بكر محمد الشكوى
Abubakar Shekau
Abu Mohammed Abubakar bin Mohammed
Abu Muhammed Abubakar bi Mohammed
Shekau
Shehu
Shayku
Imam Darul Tauhid
Imam Darul Tawheed

Birth

1969
Nigeria, Yobe State, Shekau Village

Affiliation

nationality: Nigeria

Address

Nigeria

Reason

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. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 2368 (2017) was concluded on 4 Dec. 2019 Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 2610 (2021) was concluded on 30 October 2023. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link:https://www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/Notices/View-UN-Notices-Individuals

Notes

UN List: Al-Qaida

United Nations
Security Council
Consolidated List

Listed

2014-06-26

Updated

2019-12-06, 2023-10-30

Names

Abubakar SHEKAU
Abu Mohammed Abubakar BIN MOHAMMED
SHEKAU
Abu Muhammed Abubakar BI MUHAMMED
SHEHU
SHAYKU

Birth

1969
Shekau Village, Yobe State, Nigeria

Address

Nigeria

Notes

program: SDGT

United States
Department of the Treasury
Office of Foreign Assets Control
Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List