Dont Take Drugs, Kola Nuts To Saudi Arabia, Dabiri-Erewa Warns Hajj Pilgrims

Senior Special Assistant to the president on foreign affairs and diaspora, AbikeDabiri-Erewa, has reiterated her warnings to intending Muslim pilgrims yet to depart for the 2016 Hajj exercise to resist any temptation to take hard drugs to Saudi Arabia, reminding them that it attracts the death penalty.In a statement by her special assistant on media, Abdur-RahmanBalogun, the SSA said that despite repeated warnings and workshops for intending pilgrims, it is disheartening that some Nigerians still ran foul of Saudi Arabia authorities law.She recalled that some Nigerians caught with hard drugs in the last few years are still currently on death row in Saudi Arabia, pleading with pilgrims to shun the shameful act.Dabiri-Erewa also reminded the pilgrims that kola nuts and prescription painkillers in large quantities have been banned in Saudi Arabia, and if found, attracts severe penalties according to new Saudi Arabia regulations.She said the federal government, through the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) and various state boards have made adequate arrangements to attend to the medical needs of the pilgrims in Saudi Arabia.Similarly, she said the Saudi authorities have free medical centres in all the nooks and crannies of the kingdom, equipped with all drugs for their medical needs.
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