The return journey of over 95,000 Nigerian pilgrims who performed this year’s Hajj in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia begins on Tuesday, July 4.
He appealed to pilgrims and the operators to conduct the home-bound journeys orderly, adding that the handlers had indicated their readiness for the operation.
According to him the operation will be concluded within the same period it took to transport pilgrims from Nigeria “except there is any circumstance that warrants extension like an emergency”.
The commissioner of operations of the commission, Alhaji Abdullahi Magaji Hardawa, stated this at the post Arafah meeting, stressing that the experience of last year in which many pilgrims and officials breached the rule will not be tolerated this time.
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