The ongoing transportation of Nigerian pilgrims from Saudi Arabia has been disrupted due to scarcity of aviation fuel in the domestic market.
gathered that the scarcity of aviation fuel, which began a few days ago, affected some Nigerian carriers involved in the Hajj operations.
Joji said no fewer than 265 pilgrims of the carrier were delayed at the King Abdulaziz International Airport, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, as the airline could not purchase fuel in Nigeria on time.
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