
It was reported today that two of the 1,191 pilgrims from Oyo state who performed this year's Hajj were detained by the Saudi Arabian authorities for a drug related offence.Alhaji Adeleke Abdulkareem,the Secretary Oyo State Prilgrims Welfare Board,disclosed this in an interview with pressmen today in Ibadan today monday.He 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 contraband in Saudi Arabia,which the pilgrims had been warned against.Two other pilgrims from the state died due to ill health before Arafat Day.He further said that pilgrims to always comply with the rules and regulations of the Saudi authorities to avoid being arrested or tarnishing the country's image.He also confirmed that the last batch of pilgrims from the state arrived Nigeria on October 11,2015.
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