Among those arrested are Yusuf Mohammed, also known as Bature, a suspected member of Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati wal-Jihad (JAS), popularly known as Boko Haram, and his associate, Mubarak Ibrahim.
The Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested five suspected arms couriers, including two foreign nationals from Niger Republic, over their alleged involvement in supplying weapons to gunmen responsible for the mass abduction of students and staff from St. Mary's Catholic School in Papiri, Niger State, in November 2025.
SaharaReporters gathered that the suspects were apprehended during a series of intelligence-led operations that uncovered a network allegedly responsible for ferrying weapons to armed groups operating across parts of northern Nigeria.
Among those arrested are Yusuf Mohammed, also known as Bature, a suspected member of Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati wal-Jihad (JAS), popularly known as Boko Haram, and his associate, Mubarak Ibrahim.
Both of them were reportedly intercepted along the Zaria-Kaduna Highway while travelling to receive a consignment of weapons intended for insurgent commanders.
