Saudi Arabia Deports 510 Nigerian Female Pilgrims Despite Sambo's Intervention

Despite the Vice President, Namadi Sambo‘s intervention into the detainment of over 1000 Nigerian female pilgrims in Saudi Arabia, the Saudi Arabian authorities have deported 510 pilgrims. 171 pilgrims had earlier been deported on Wednesday.

The female returnees were among the Nigerian women pilgrims for the 2012 hajj detained in Medina and Jeddah. The authorities of Saudi Arabia insisted that the women were unaccompanied by male relations which was considered against laid down rules of the kingdom.

Meanwhile, the Saudi Arabian Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Khalid Abdrabuh had on Wednesday given an assurance that the controversy over the detention of the female Nigerian pilgrims in Saudi Arabia will be resolved by Thursday. Despite this, they were deported on Thursday.

Spokesman of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, Mallam Uba Mana told Punch that those brought back were a part of 1020 earlier detained by the Saudi officials at the King Fahd Airport.

He was however silent on the fate of others who were still detained in Saudi Arabia.

“We are awaiting a response from the King of Saudi Arabia so that a discussion can be opened between the two parties. We strongly believe that there is hope in sight, we hope that shortly the whole thing would be resolved,” he was quoted as saying.

He said the commission hoped that the Federal Government at the Presidency level would soon settle the matter which is already threatening the diplomatic relationship between the two countries.

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Wait does this mean you have to be married to go to Mecca ? Pilgrimage? Where are our muslim brothers?

Wait does this mean you have to be married to go to Mecca ? Pilgrimage? Where are our muslim brothers?

Not really, according to the rule or law, Any woman under 45 must be accompanied by an appropriate male...so if that's true then they should have been deported. I expect the Nigeria Hajj committee to know this, why did they put people in circumstances like these, is it a must to go t mecca if you don't meet the law on ground...Nigeria Sha