The Yobe
State Police Command has arrested officials of the state’s Pilgrims Welfare
Board and Potiskum Local Government Council officials over alleged missing hajj
fares paid by 41 intending pilgrims.
The Yobe
State Police Command has arrested officials of the state’s Pilgrims Welfare
Board and Potiskum Local Government Council officials over alleged missing hajj
fares paid by 41 intending pilgrims.
The
command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Jafiya Zubairu , a Deputy
Superintendent of Police, confirmed the development to the News Agency of
Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Damaturu.
According to
him, officials from both organizations allegedly diverted deposits made by 41
intending pilgrims from the Potiskum Local Government Area (LGA) and could not
secure visas for them.
The PPRO
said: “The Criminal Investigation Department (ClD) arm of the Yobe Police
Command is currently investigating the matter.
“However, I
cannot give the exact number of those involved and other details, as
investigation is still going on.”
NAN reports
that the 41 affected intending pilgrims had protested to the state’s House of
Assembly to solicit its intervention; to enable them perform the hajj.
Alhaji Adamu
Dala-Dogo, the Speaker of the House, assured the intending pilgrims that the
legislature would liaise with the executive, to ensure that they perform the
religious obligation.
Meanwhile,
most of the intending pilgrims from the state have been transported to the holy
land.
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