18-year-old son of late Boko Haram founder, Muslim Mohammed Yusuf, along side other jihadists have been arrested in Chad.
Reports by a counter-insurgency expert, Zagazola Makama who obtained the photos and video confirms the arrest
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.
The clip shows a young, 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 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.
The arrest is seen as a breakthrough in ongoing regional efforts to dismantle jihadist networks operating across the Lake Chad Basin.
(Editor: Anoyoyo Ogiagboviogie)
