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.

The Department of State Services, DSS, has reportedly arrested five suspected arms couriers, including two Nigerien nationals, over their alleged role in supplying weapons to the…

An SSS insider told this newspaper that the suspects were apprehended during coordinated intelligence-led operations that led to the recovery of 15 AK-103 rifles, 15 magazines and…