Chadian security forces have arrested the 18-year-old son of late Boko Haram founder, Mohammed Yusuf.

According to counter-terrorism analyst Zagazola Makama, the teenager, identified as Abdrahman Yusuf, was captured along with five other suspected jihadists during a coordinated operation.

Reports revealed that Abdrahman was the leader of a six-man terror cell connected to the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), a faction that broke away from Boko Haram.

Images obtained showed a slim young man in a blue tracksuit, looking strikingly like his late father, standing among a group of older detainees.

Intelligence sources said Abdrahman is the younger brother of ISWAP’s current leader, Habib Yusuf, also known as Abu Mus’ab Al-Barnawi. While Chadian officials confirmed the arrest of six suspected members of Boko Haram/ISWAP, they avoided sharing full details about their identities.

Boko Haram’s founder, Mohammed Yusuf, was captured by Nigerian forces and later killed in police custody in Maiduguri on July 30, 2009. His son, born in Nigeria before the insurgency escalated, is believed to have been indoctrinated into extremism from a young age.

In recent years, Abdrahman rose through ISWAP ranks, becoming a field commander around the Lake Chad region before his arrest.

Security sources confirmed that he and his team were all taken into custody by Chadian forces. His capture is seen as a major success in the regional effort to weaken extremist networks operating across the Lake Chad Basin.