The three missing pilgrims from Kebbi State that are performing this year’s pilgrimage have been rescued by government officials in Mecca, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
They are part of the delegation sponsored by the Kebbi state government to perform the spiritual exercise.
Chief Press Secretary the Governor, Mallam Ahmed Idris confirmed the development in a statement issued in Abuja.
Executive Director, Women’s Right Advancement and Protection Alternative (WRAPA), Kebbi State branch, Nasir Idris, was said to have confirmed that they had rescued a woman from the Kamba Local Council of the state.
He said the woman, who missed her way back home, instead, went behind the Al-Masjid Al-Haram (Kaaba), leading to a different area.
“As Kebbi State Government officials, we have to intervene and redirect her back home through a taxi service,” he said.
Idris added that the officials, sometimes,…
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