The government of Saudi Arabia yesterday
Thursday September 27th deported another
batch of 512 pilgrims to Nigeria, a day after
deporting 171 women.
The Saudi government detained and
eventually deported these women who went
to the country for the 2012 Hajj, because
they were not accompanied by approved
male guardians which they say is against laid
down rules of their kingdom. Over one
thousand Nigerian female pilgrims were
detained at the Abdul-Aziz International
Airport and King Fahd Airport in Jeddah and
Medina before they started gradually
deporting them into Nigeria via Kano and
Sokoto airports
Nigerian government yesterday issued a 24-
hour ultimatum to the Saudi authority to
resolve the issue...or... Well, the ultimatum
expired today and hundreds of pilgrims are
still detained.
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