The Nigerian authorities have written their Indian counterparts over two of its nationals held in the country while on their way to Pakistan, to allegedly join the terrorist group, the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS).
The two youths from the northern Nigerian state of Kano, identified as Imran Kabeer and Sani Jamiliu, are currently being held 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 of the 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.
