Incredible: Two Nigerians ‘Trying to Join ISIS’ Nabbed In India (PHOTO)

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A huge drama was witnessed near the integrated
checkpost (ICP) at Attari on the border between
India and Pakistan when two Nigerian students from
Delhi scaled a 20-foot-high grilled fence in a bid to
illegally enter Pakistan in the morning of Friday,
August 7.

Border security detains Nigerians for questioning.
Photo: hindustantimes.com
The two Nigerians, who claimed to be cousins, were
identified as Imran Kabir, 24, and Jamilu Sani, 25
years of age. They were arrested by Border
Security Force (BSF) personnel after a hot chase.
“Both wanted to go to Pakistan for pursuing Islamic
studies. Sani had a Nigerian passport, while Kabir didn’t.

We recovered five printouts taken from Google maps of
Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iraq. They described Iraq as
their final destination,” a BSF spokesperson said.

The duo got to the checkpost at about 5.50am in a
stolen swift dzire taxi. The BSF said they had
hired the taxi from Delhi and made off with it on
reaching Amritsar when the driver, with whom
they had a tiff on Thursday night over the fare, was
asleep.


They parked the car close to the border and enquired
about the route to Pakistan. They were told that the
border was closed at that time, but rather than
leaving, they waited near the car.

The BSF personnel, who are ever on high alert,
got suspicious and approached them. The two
Nigerians they panicked and sped away on the road.
The border guards personnel chased them, forcing the
suspects to abandon the car. The duo managed to
climb over the 20-foot-high grilled fence and jump
onto the rail track.

“Once there, they thought they had entered Pakistani
territory and started shouting ‘we are in Pakistan’. They
didn’t know that they were still in India,” the BSF
spokesperson said.

During interrogation one of the Nigerians claimed to
be a student of Mahatma Gandhi Open University in
Delhi and the other said he studied at Karnataka
State Open University, also in Delhi.

“Both had come to India on student visa in 2014. They
said they were headed for Afghanistan en route to Iraq,
which was their final destination. They wanted to
pursue Islamic studies in Pakistan before that,” the
Indian authorities confirmed.


When searched, a copy of the Quran, mobile phones,
a sum of 4,000 Naira recovered from them.
However, no weapons were found.
The suspects would be handed over to the police after
initial interrogation.

ISIS is not strange to Nigeria. About four months
ago, Nigeria’s deadly terrorist group, Boko
Haram, pledged its allegiance to the Islamic State of
Iraq and Syria.
Boko Haram appeared to have aligned its media
production, social media and execution style videos
with ISIS.
Some say the vow of alliance by the Nigerian terror
sect to the Islamic State may be no more than a
propaganda move.

Earlier this week, the militants put out a video that
showed the beheading of a policeman. The method of
the killings, and also the professional production value
of the record, spookily reflected the work of the so-
called Islamic State. Some experts fear that it could
presage tighter links.

Peter Pham, director of the Africa programme at
the Atlantic council think tank in Washington, said:
“ It’s something that has been developing over the
course of at least nine months.

“ Both groups need this right now. They need a
propaganda coup to raise morale and attention because
they are both suffering setbacks in their military
campaigns .

“ For Isis, it’s an opportunity to present themselves as
ever-expanding, to enhance their aura of inevitability.
It’s a propaganda victory. And for that, all you need is a
small camera and an Internet connection. ”

However, reports by NBC News states that
American Intelligence officials believe racism will
stop ISIS operating in Northern Africa and from
teaming up with the Boko Haram sect.

“The Arab world is incredibly racist. They don’t see
black Africans as equivalent to them, ” a US
intelligence official explained.

The official added that ISIS may show “affinity”
with Nigeria’s insurgents, “but they stop short of
allegiance.”

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