Person

Abubakar Shekau

Listed by United States, UN Security Council, European Union and United Kingdom. No matched entry on the Canada list. Lists as published through October 13, 2026.

• ISIS, al-Qaeda and Affiliates

Listing Status by Jurisdiction

• US Listed
• UN Listed
• EU Listed
• UK Listed
• CA No matched entry

Canada gives effect to UN Security Council listings through regulations under the United Nations Act, so this UN-listed entity is subject to Canadian measures even though it has no entry on the two Canadian lists compared here.

Entries on Each List

• United States

  Abubakar SHEKAU

  Reference

  OFAC entry 15009

  Listing date

  Not stated in the SDN list file

  Program or regime as stated

  SDGT

  Identifiers on the entry

  Date of birth 1969

  Match basis

  • Same name and birth year (1969) (with EU entry EU.3015.20)

  Source

  OFAC SDN List, file of October 13, 2026

• UN Security Council

  ABUBAKAR MOHAMMED SHEKAU

  Reference

  QDi.322

  Listing date

  June 26, 2014

  Program or regime as stated

  Al-Qaida

  Identifiers on the entry

  Date of birth 1969

  Match basis

  • Same name and birth year (1969) (with EU entry EU.3015.20)
  • UN reference number QDi.322 (with UK entry AQD0118)

  Source

  UN Security Council Consolidated List, file of October 12, 2026

• United Kingdom

  Abubakar MOHAMMED SHEKAU

  Reference

  AQD0118

  Listing date

  June 26, 2014

  Program or regime as stated

  Isil (Da'esh) and Al-Qaeda (United Nations Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

  Identifiers on the entry

  UN reference QDi.322
  Date of birth 1969

  Match basis

  • Same name and birth year (1969) (with EU entry EU.3015.20)
  • UN reference number QDi.322 (with UN entry QDi.322)

  Source

  UK Sanctions List, file of October 12, 2026

• European Union

  Abu Mohammed Abubakar bin Mohammed

  Reference

  EU.3015.20

  Listing date

  June 26, 2014

  Program or regime as stated

  TAQA

  Identifiers on the entry

  Date of birth 1969
  Regulations 735/2014 (OJ L198)

  Match basis

  • Same name and birth year (1969) (with UK entry AQD0118)

  Source

  EU Consolidated Financial Sanctions List, file of October 12, 2026

Program Assignment

• ISIS, al-Qaeda and Affiliates: list program EU TAQA; Isil (Da'esh) and Al-Qaeda (United Nations Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019; UN Al-Qaida list

Names and Aliases on the Lists (17)

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

Cite: Middle East Forum, "Abubakar Shekau," Sanctions Comparator, accessed October 13, 2026, https://sanctions.meforum.org/e/us-15009/.