Abubakar Shekau is the leader of the militant Islamist group Boko Haram, which has carried out a series of deadly attacks across northern Nigeria. Abdullahi Tasiu Abubakar from the BBC Hausa service looks at Nigeria's most wanted man.

The leader of the militant Islamist group Boko Haram is said to be a fearless loner, a complex, paradoxical man - part intellectual, part gangster.

Fondly called imam or leader by his followers, Abubakar Muhammad Shekau was born in Shekau village in Nigeria's north-eastern state of Yobe.

Some say he is 34 or 35, others that he may be 43 - the uncertainty adds to the myths surrounding Nigeria's most wanted man.
Radical theology student

Mr Shekau was once thought to have been killed by security forces in 2009 - only for him to reappear in videos posted on the internet less than a year later as Boko Haram's new leader.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-18020349

The strongest men on earth,are those who uphold the sanctity of human life,nt when a psychopathic sadist from a disjointed family from the desert of Yobe,cowardly hides under the cover of the dark,commanding some castrated faithfuls to go and bomb&kill innocent unarmed civillians observing there religious duties to God.such a man remains a victim of perpetual darkness,waiting for his numbered days!one thing for sure is that,his end&that of his followers will surely be worst than that of there victims!

I Promise ALL of you here, that if he remains Alive in this World and stays in Nigeria,[size=32pt] I will have him converted to[b] Maguzawa Religion[/b] within my lifetime[/size].

[size=24pt]RELIGION OF PISS PEACE [/size]