By ESV Salihu Abdullahi Osuko
Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State has advice intended pilgrims to the holy land of Mecca to perform this years lesser Hajj in Saudi Arabia to respect law of the land to avoid arrests and deportation.
Sule gave the advised during a farewell ceremony organized for the departure of the intending pilgrims to the Holy land in Lafia.
"We pray to, Allah to preserve and protect our brothers and sisters who are traveling with Senator Umar Tanko Almakura, to the holy Land for the 2023, Lesser Hajj for journey Marcy.
Governor Sule, was represented by the Secretary to the Government of Nasarawa State, Barrister. Mohamed Aliyu Ubandoma, emphasized the need for the pilgrims to be security conscious.
He said: “I call on you to always be on the alert as you commence your spiritual journey. Anyone caught flouting this charge could land into some troubles and consequently arrested to face some sanctions and could even face deportation.”
The governor informed the intending pilgrims that all necessary security steps have been taken to forestall any unfortunate incident whereby some pilgrims died in the past while engaging in the exercise of “stoning of the devil.”
Sule concluded by appealing to the intending pilgrims to pray for the sustenance of peace in the state and the country at large.
Earlier, the executive secretary of the Nasarawa State Muslims Pilgrims Welfare Board (NSMPWB), Idris Al-Makura, thanked the state government for its support to the pilgrims and pledged that the pilgrims would be good ambassadors of the state during their stay in the Holy land.
