Alhaji
Adeleke AbdulKareem, the Secretary, Oyo State Pilgrims Welfare Board, disclosed
in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan on Monday.
Two of the 1,191 pilgrims
from Oyo State who are part of year’s Hajj were detained by the Saudi Arabian
authorities for a drug-related offence.
Abdulkareem said the
affected pilgrims were females, adding that one of them escaped while the other
was still in detention.
He said that the drug found
with the pilgrims was Tramador, a contra-band in Saudi Arabia, which the
pilgrims had been warned against.
The secretary also said
that two other pilgrims from the state died due to ill health before Arafat
Day.
Abdulkareem said that the
last batch of pilgrims from the state arrived Nigeria on Oct. 112015.
He warned pilgrims to
always comply with the rules and regulations of the Saudi authorities to avoid
being arrested or tarnishing the country’s image.
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