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Mohammed Yusuf (29 January 1970 – 30 July 2009), also known as Ustaz Mohammed Yusuf, was a Nigerian militant who founded the Islamist militant group Boko Haram in 2002. He was its leader until he was killed during the 2009 Boko Haram uprising. [1] Born in Girgi village, in Jakusko, present-day Yobe State, Nigeria, Yusuf received a University ...
Nigerian troops surrounded the home of Ustaz Mohammed Yusuf, the founder and spiritual leader of Boko Haram since 2002, in Maiduguri on 28 July after his followers had barricaded themselves inside. On 30 July, the military captured Yusuf and transferred him to the custody of the police.
Boko Haram has contributed to regional food crises and famines. [31] After its founding in 2002, Boko Haram's increasing radicalisation led to the suppression operation by the Nigerian military and the killing of its leader Mohammed Yusuf in July 2009. [34]
Abubakar Mohammed Shekau (23 March 1973 – 19 May 2021) was a Nigerian militant who was the leader of Boko Haram, an Islamist extremist organization based in northeastern Nigeria, from 2009 to 2021. [1] [2] He served as deputy leader to the group's founder, Mohammed Yusuf, until Yusuf's execution in 2009.
During an aggressive government response, Boko Haram's leader Mohammed Yusuf was arrested on 30 July 2009. [1] He was killed in an extrajudicial killing by the police after interrogation, although some sources claim that he was killed while being taken into custody.
N'DJAMENA, Chad (AP) -- Chad's chief prosecutor says that security forces have arrested one of the leaders of the Nigerian extremist group Boko Haram. Prosecutor Alhassim Khamis said in a ...
The leader of Boko Haram at the time, Mohammed Yusuf, was killed in Maiduguri, Borno State in 2009. Boko Haram has killed more than 30,000 since 2009. [6] An attack near the village of Gubio in June 2020 resulted in 81 deaths. [6] In October 2020, Boko Haram carried out two separate attacks in fields near Maiduguri, slitting the throats of 22 ...
Nigerian courts convicted 125 Boko Haram Islamist militants and financiers of a series of terrorism-related offences in a mass trial this week, the attorney-general's office said. A Boko Haram ...