Nigeria, June 1 -- The Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested five suspected arms couriers, including two foreign nationals from Niger Republic, in connection with the November 2025 abduction of hundreds of students and staff from St. Mary's Catholic School in Papiri Community, Niger State.

Security sources disclosed that the suspects were allegedly involved in supplying weapons to the gunmen responsible for the attack on the Catholic boarding school on November 21, 2025.

Among those arrested are Yusuf Mohammed, also known as Bature, a suspected member of Boko Haram, and his accomplice, Mubarak Ibrahim. The duo was reportedly intercepted along the Zaria-Kaduna Highway while on their way to collect a consignment of arms intende...