Tuesday, August 19, 2025 - Counter-insurgency expert Zagazola Makama has conformed the arrest of the 18-year-old son of late Boko Haram founder, Muslim Mohammed Yusuf, in Chad.
The suspect, was reportedly captured alongside five other
jihadists during a security operation by Chadian forces.
Sources said he was leading a six-man cell linked to the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), a splinter faction of Boko Haram.
Photos seen by Zagazola show a young, short and slender man
in a blue tracksuit, bearing a striking resemblance to the late Boko Haram
leader, standing among far older suspects.
Intelligence sources told Zagazola that Abdrahman is the
younger brother of ISWAP leader, Habib Yusuf, also known as Abu Mus’ab
Al-Barnawi.
Security sources in Chad confirmed the arrest of six
suspected members of Boko Haram/ISWAP but declined to provide further details
on their identities.
Mohammed Yusuf, founder of Boko Haram, was captured by the
Nigerian military and later executed in police custody in Maiduguri on July 30,
2009.
The younger Yusuf, believed to have been born in Nigeria
before the group’s insurgency escalated in 2009, is said to have been groomed
into militancy and recently emerged as a field commander within ISWAP’s Lake
Chad network.
“He and his team were arrested by Chadian security. They are
six in number. He was the head of the cell.”
The arrest is being seen as a major breakthrough in ongoing
regional efforts in the fight against terrorism across the Lake Chad
Basin.
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