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Abubakar Shekau: From Perfume Seller to Africa’s Most Wanted Terrorist

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Before the terror, they called him Babson. He played football on dusty village fields in Yobe State, the kind of player whose presence you always felt on the pitch. As a young boy, he left home for Maiduguri to study the Quran as an almajiri, one of thousands of children who live under Islamic teachers, memorizing scripture from wooden slates while begging for food to survive. His teacher rewarded him with a bride after he memorized the Quran. T…
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MoreBranches broke the news in on Sunday, December 7, 2025.
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