Mohammed Yusuf (Boko Haram), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Place of Birth: Yobe State, Nigeria
About Mohammed Yusuf (Boko Haram)
- Mohammed Yusuf (29 January 1970 – 30 July 2009), also known as Ustaz Mohammed Yusuf, was a Nigerian Muslim sect leader and founder of the militant Islamist group Boko Haram in 2002.
- He was its spiritual leader until he was killed in the 2009 Boko Haram uprising.
- The group's official name is Jama'atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda'awati wal-Jihad, which in Arabic means "People Committed to the Propagation of the Prophet's Teachings and Jihad".Born in Girgir village, in Jakusko, present-day Yobe State, Nigeria, Yusuf received a local education.
- Later he studied more of Islam and became a Salafi.
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