Nigeria: Plateau Bars 75 Intending Pilgrims

11 October 2012

The Plateau Pilgrims Welfare Board has barred 75 intending pilgrims from travelling to Saudi Arabia for this year's Hajj, Alhaji Salisu Musa, the Executive Secretary of the board, has said.

"We have stopped 75 intending pilgrims from taking part in this year's Hajj for various reasons," Musa told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Jos on Thursday, adding that 60 of those affected were women, while 15 were men.

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