Pilgrims shut Ilorin Airport over delayed flight to Saudi Arabia

Date: 2019-07-29

About 500 intending pilgrims from Ondo, Ekiti, Kwara States and part of Oyo in the early hours of Monday disrupted activities at Ilorin Airport to protest the delay in their flight to Saudi Arabia.

The pilgrims who began their protest around 3:00 a.m. blocked Ilorin/Ogbomoso/Ibadan Expressway with old tyres and shut the gate leading to the Airport.

The protesters who blocked the gate did not allow Airport workers to resume duty as they prevented vehicles from coming in or going out of the Airport.

They alleged that they had been in the Ilorin Hajj camp for the past 15 days without provision of an aircraft to convey them to Saudi Arabia for the Holy Pilgrimage. They alleged that they were subjected to poor and unhygienic condition at the Camp.

One of the protesters who identified himself as Ayobami Muftau said, "We have been in camp for 15 days sleeping on the bare floor and buying food at exorbitant prices from our purse. We were moved to the Airport on Saturday based on the promise that an aircraft would arrive to convey us to Jeddah at 11:00 p.m. on Saturday. Till now, we have not seen the aircraft and there was no explanation from the concerned authority. "

Ayobami appealed to the Federal government to come to their aid by providing aircraft that would transport them to Saudi Arabia to perform the Hajj rites.

Another pilgrim from Ekiti state, Usman Isa, who said that they left Aiyede-Ekiti ten days ago alleged that the pilgrims were exposed to harsh weather conditions as "all of us, both male and female were made to sleep in the open hall at the hajj camp and Airport."

However, the acting Manager of Ilorin Airport, Mr Deji Eniola said that the problem facing the pilgrims emanated from the airline delegated to convey them to Saudi Arabia.

He explained that the airline had been expected to send an aircraft to Ilorin since Saturday but did not come. He added, "There was no explanation from the management of the Airline on why it had not come to airlift the pilgrims. " He expressed hope that the pilgrims would be airlifted soon.

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

20 Billion Bond     Kuliyan Geri     Okanlawon Taiwo     Ayotunde Emmanuel Alao     Sabi     Mopelola Abdulmaliq-Bashir     Baakini     Shuaib Abdulkadir     Gaa Olobi     Mohammed Haruna     AbdulRazaq Abubakar Jiddah     Niguel Gallando Marcias     Saheed Popoola     Muhammad Toyin Sanusi     Senior Special Assistant On Student Affairs     Kwara State Health Insurance Agency     Fatimah Abdulkadir     Tafida     3MTT     Gbugbu     Ilesha-Gwanara     Elerin Of Erin-Ile     Yeketi     Olaiya Victor Mobolaji     Ilorin Muslim Community     Student Learning Support Helpline     Hassan Saliu     Segun Olawoyin     Jani Ibrahim     Kayode Alabi     Atiku Abubakar     Simeon Sule Ajibola     Aliyu U. Tilde     Javed Khan     Ilorin Likeminds Foundation     Ilesha Gwanara Road     Peter Obi     Abdullahi Biffo     Sayomi     Lanre Jimoh     Saka Isau     Age AbdulKareem     Omotoso Musa     Kwara Poly     Gobir Organization Foundation     Durbar     Hamidu Olowo     Majlis For Sadaqah, Zakat And Waqf     Neo Mundo Ltd     Ahmed Mohammed Rifun     Ubandoma     Ilorin     Academic Staff Union Of Universities     Just Law Forum     Is\'haq Modibbo Kawu     Gobirawa     Kwara Hotel     General Hospital, Offa     Alabi Lawal     Garba Dogo     Joseph Alex Offorjama     Read With Me     Coalition Of Kwara North Groups     Radio SBS     David Adesina     Millennium Development Goals     Kayode Ibrahim     Veterinary Teaching Hospital     National Broadcasting Commission     Oloriegbe     Nigerian Supreme Council For Islamic Affairs     Convocation Ceremonies     NIPR     Abiodun Oyedepo     Kabir Shagaya     Umar Saro     Islamic Development Bank    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Shonga Farm Project     Babatunde Ajeigbe     Adekunle David Dunmade     Hussein Olokooba     Umar Saro     Micheal Imodu-Ganmo Road     Forgo Battery Company Limited     Kolo     PAACO-PCL Consortium     Mohammed Lawal Bagega     Imodoye Writer’s Enclave     Dairo Kunle Paul     Adam Abdullahi Al-Ilory     Amada Jidda     T And K FOODS     Nigerian Correctional Service     Bashir Adigun     Hijab     Baba Adini Of Kwara State     Ibrahim Gambari     Bashirat Bola Bello     Muazam Nayaya     ANCOPPS     Abdulmajeed Abdullahi     Ibrahim Agboola Gambari     Apata Ajele Secondary School     Mazars Consulting     Dele Belgore     Olaiya Lawal     Ayinde Oyepitan     Eleyele     Abdulrasheed Akogun     Ilorin Central Mosque     Lanre Badmus     Kwara State Pension Board     Fatimat Saliu     Michael Nzekwe     AbdulRasaq Abdulmajeed Alaro     Issa Oloruntogun     Kamaldeen Ajibade     Tunde Yusuf     KWASAA     Rafiu Olasile     National Association Of Nigerian Students     Police Commissioner     Allocation     Bisi Kristien     Pius Abioje     Ndama Al-hassan     Babaita     Raliat Islamic Foundation     Hamza Usman     Yahaya A Paniyaro     Baaziki Sulaiman     Ajia-Bako     Abdulwahab Ololele     ENetSuD     Ilorin Durbar     Michael Ologundea     Suleiman Alege Kuranga     Arik     FERMA     Toyosi Thomas     S.O. Opowoye     Mohammed Tunde-Jimoh     Ubandoma     State Bureau Of Internal Revenue     Ahmed Dankaya     Manzuma     Azeez Salawu     Isa Aremu     Adamu Atta     Tinubu     Hameed Oladipupo Ali     UTME     Aliyu Olatunji Ajanaku     Yomi Adeboye