No fewer than one hundred and fifty-one (151) intending pilgrims from Oyo State on Wednesday protested against what they termed as the exclusion of their
DAILY POST gathered that the intending pilgrims are to join their counterparts in Saudi Arabia for this year’s Hajj exercise.
Adebayo said, “We want you to quickly come to our aid on this matter as time is far spent and so that our hope won’t be dashed on this journey.” Makinde who addressed the intending pilgrims said the delay in airlifting the intending pilgrims was a result of the quota given to the state by the National Hajj Commission.
Makinde said, “I got information from one of my aides a few minutes back that the Hajj Commission is trying to reinstate the 150 for us. The mistake that happened was that no one should have been removed from the 629 included in the first batch.
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