The Kwara State Government says it has none of its intending pilgrims yet to airlifted.
This came from a statement by Chief Press Secretary to the state governor, Alhaji Rafiu Ajakaye, obtained from “Kwara 4 Abdulrazaq” platform, on Monday.
According Ajakaye, all intending pilgrims in Kwara State have all been airlifted to Saudi Arabia for this year’s Hajj, thereby disconnecting the state with protest staged at the Ilorin International Airport on Monday.
He said those that protested were intending pilgrims from other states and not from Kwara.
“We wish to clarify that every intending pilgrim registered with the Kwara State Government has since been airlifted to Saudi Arabia for the 2019 Hajj.
“There are a total 2,026 pilgrims from the state, the last batch of whom took off on 24 July, 2019, according to figures from the state pilgrims’ board.
“To that extent, the protest this morning at the Ilorin International Airport was by some intending pilgrims from neighbouring states.
“This has no connection whatsoever with the Kwara State Government or officials of Kwara State Muslim Pilgrims Board as is being claimed by some persons,” the Governor’s CPS clarified.
