The Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested five suspects, including two Nigeriens, over their alleged involvement in the November 2025 attack on St. Mary’s Catholic School in Papiri, Niger State, where nearly 300 students and staff were abducted.
Security sources said the suspects were arrested for allegedly acting as arms couriers linked to the gunmen who carried out the mass abduction.
Among those detained are Yusuf Mohammed, also known as Bature, a wanted member of Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati wal-Jihad (Boko Haram), and his associate Mubarak Ibrahim. They were reportedly intercepted along the Zaria–Kaduna highway while heading to collect weapons meant for terrorist commanders.
A follow-up operation led to the arrest of Goni Ibrahim, described as an international arms courier from the Diffa region of Niger Republic, alongside another suspect, Tukur Sani.
During the operation, security operatives recovered 15 AK-103 rifles, 15 magazines, and 1,434 rounds of 7.62mm live ammunition hidden inside a blue vehicle used by the suspects.
Days later, another suspect, Alhaji Adamu, also known as Gado Banufe, was arrested in Yauri, Kebbi State. He was said to be a major arms supplier operating within the Kebbi axis.
Preliminary investigations indicated that the five suspects served as arms couriers for the gunmen who attacked the Catholic boarding school in Papiri on November 21, 2025. The attackers were said to have stormed the school in the early hours, arriving on motorcycles, before rounding up students and teachers at gunpoint and taking them away.
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