Abubakar Shekau, an kuma sanshi da Darul Akeem wa Zamunda Tauhid, ko Darul Tauh woto (gidan tauhidi) (larabci دار التوحيد ), an haifeshi tsakanin 1967 ko 1975 (babu tabbaci) dan kabilar Kanuri ne kuma wanda akafi sani da shugaban kungiyar Boko Haram, mai kokarin kafa daular Musulunci a yankin Arewacin kasar. kungiya ce ta masu tayar da kayar baya a Najeriya kamar yadda kasar ta ayyana ta sakamakon fitar da wani faifan bidiyo da Shugaban ta Shekau yayi ya nuna ikirarin kungiyar nayi mubaya'a ga Kungiyar dake kokarin kafa daular musulinci a yankin gabas ta tsakiya wato (ISIS). Shekau ya rike matsayin mataimakin shugaban kungiyar a karkashin wanda ya kafa ta Muhammad Yusuf har zuwa lokacin da Yusuf ya rada rayuwar sa a hannun jami'an tsaron kasar Najeriya a shrkara ta 2009 inda daga bisani ya zama shugaban kungiyar har zuwa yanzu. Shekau Musulmi ne kuma mabiyin akidar Sunni Islam ko Salafiyya. Asalin yaren haihuwa na shekau shine Kanuri, amma kuma yana jin harsunan Hausa, Larabci, Filatanci da Turanci sosai. Yayi ikirarin cewa shi Musulmi ne kuma wanda yayi ilimin addinin na Musulunci na ainihi kuma mai bin akidar musulunci sauda kafa.