The Saudi Arabian authorities have arrested three
pilgrims from Kwara for alleged possession of
substance suspected to be cocaine.
pilgrims from Kwara for alleged possession of
substance suspected to be cocaine.
Hajia Fatima Abolore-Jimoh, the Executive
Secretary, Kwara Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board,
confirmed the arrest on Wednesday from Saudi
Arabia in a telephone interview with the News
Agency of Nigeria (NAN).
She said the three pilgrims, who were among the
first batch of 505 Pilgrims from Kwara, were
arrested in Madinnah by Saudi Arabia security
operatives.
The executive secretary, who did not disclose the
identities of the three suspects, said they were still
in the custody of Saudi Arabian authorities.
Abolore-Jimoh said the Saudi Arabian law would
certainly take its course on the three suspected
drug traffickers.
She described the arrest as unfortunate and painful
in spite of several appeals to them to be good
ambassadors of Kwara and Nigeria.
The executive secretary said that other pilgrims
from the state were still in Madinnah, hale, healthy
and in good spirit in spite of the unfortunate
incident.
NAN reports that 1,978 pilgrims from the state are
performing the 2016 pilgrimage exercise.
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