By Yusha'u A. Ibrahim
Kano — The two Nigerian students that were arrested in India last year, Sani Jamilu Sani and Imran Kabir, are still facing trial in the country, 10 months after their arrest.
Sani, 25, and Kabir, 24, were arrested on August 7, 2015 by the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) near the integrated check-post at Attari, while attempting to illegally cross into the Pakistan.
Sani's mother, Hajiya Ladidi Jamilu Fagge, who confirmed this to Daily Trust yesterday, said the two students were granted bail since October last year.
She said: "Sani intimated me that out of the five charges leveled against them, only one is now hanging on their necks. My son has confirmed to me that they were arraigned for a five-count charge. But so far four charges have been cleared while the court will soon deliver its judgment on the remaining one.
"I am frequently communicating with them on phone. I have spoken with him two days ago and he confirmed to me that the matter has virtually come to an end. I am hoping to reunite with him very soon," she noted.
Hajiya Ladidi commended the federal government for its concern to the students and appealed to the Nigerian High Commission in India not to relent its effort to follow the case to its logical conclusion.
However, she reiterated her earlier stand that the students were not terrorists, reaffirming that "Sani and Imran have never been involved in any form of terrorist activities in their lives."
