The Saudi Arabian authorities have arrested three pilgrims from Kwara for alleged possession of substance suspected to be cocaine.
The Executive Secretary, Kwara Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board,
Hajia Fatima Abolore-Jimoh, who confirmed the arrest on Wednesday from Saudi Arabia said that the three pilgrims were among the first batch of 505 Pilgrims from Kwara, and were arrested in Madinnah by Saudi Arabia security operatives.
Although the executive secretary did not disclose the identities of the three suspect and added that they were still in the custody of Saudi Arabian authorities.
She said that the Saudi Arabian law would certainly take its course on the three suspected drug traffickers and described the arrest as unfortunate and painful in spite of several appeals to them to be good ambassadors of Kwara and Nigeria.
The executive secretary said that other pilgrims from the state were still in Madinnah, hale, healthy and in good spirit in spite of the unfortunate incident.
1,978 pilgrims from the state are performing the 2016 pilgrimage exercise.
