The Nigerian embassy in Delhi, India, has
written to the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs to see the two
Nigerians that were arrested in Punjab recently while on their way to
Pakistan, allegedly to join the Islamic State terrorist group.
The two youths 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. While Imran is pursuing a
Bachelor of Arts degree at the Karnataka State Open University, Sani is 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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