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The Nigerian embassy in Delhi, India, has written to the
country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs to see the 2 Nigerians
that were arrested in Punjab recently while on their way to
Pakistan, allegedly to join the Islamic State terrorist group.
The two suspects from Kano, identified as Imran Kabeer and
Sani Jamiliu, are currently being detained by the Punjab
Police in India.
The India police had arrested the two youths on suspicions that
they were on their way to join ISIS and that they attempted
to enter Pakistan without valid travel documents.
The suspects, who live in New Delhi, came to India on
student visas about a year ago. Imran was pursuing a
Bachelor of Arts degree at the Karnataka State Open
University, while Sani was a Bachelor of Science student of
the Kerala-based Mahatma Gandhi University.
The spokesman, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ogbole Ahmedu-
Ode, confirmed that the Nigerian embassy officials had applied
to see the suspects to “ascertain their claim of Nigerian
nationality.”
“Our embassy in India has applied for consular access to see
the boys so that we can ascertain their claim of Nigerian
nationality,” he said.
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