Despite the outrage against the detention of Nigerian pilgrims in Saudi Arabia, 159 of them were deported Wednesday.
The Saudi Arabia authorities allegedly deported the 159 Nigerians who had embarked on the 2012 hajj exercise to Mecca for irregular papers.
Those deported by the authorities were females whose travel documents were arranged by travel agents.
A source close to National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) said last night that those who were deported were intending pilgrims who had gone to Mecca with the title of ‘miss’, which was against one of the conditions for fulfilling the annual hajj to Mecca.
It was further learnt that among those affected were 13 from Oyo State while the remaining pilgrims were from the Northern states of the country.
The deportees were brought back to the country through Med-View and Max Air, which had earlier taken them to the country for the exercise.
However, other 341 pilgrims were still being held in the holy land by the Saudi authorities, awaiting deportation.
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