Yet , in the year 2012 seems to be ... a crime for a woman to move because of a male escort . So the ... happened more than 1000 pilgrims , who started from Nigeria to go to Saudi Arabia and to worship in Mecca , but when they arrived at their destination , they could not believe what the wait.
The police of Saudi Arabia expelled 150 and detained other 1000 because they arrived in the country without a male escort ! Mohammed Bello, the Nigerian responsible for the pilgrimage to Mecca , said 150 women were detained at an airport in Saudi Arabia with the excuse that " not accompanied by male pilgrims ( ... ) this unfortunate trend continued with other flights that landed in the UAE " . Approximately 1000 women are still detained at the airport in Jeddah . Many of the pilgrims were forced to turn back to the airport Kano , Nigeria. " Not even gave us water to drink , we had food and we were enraptured at positions airplane all those hours ," said one tearful women , writes Reuters.
The Nigerian parliament decided to send delegation to Saudi Arabia " in order to communicate with the authorities on the subject of non- Nigerian women ." Women in Saudi Arabia , according to Reuters, are considered inferior to men and are necessary permission from guardian - father , brother or husband - to travel outside the country , to work or to have access to certain kinds of medical care .
The police of Saudi Arabia expelled 150 and detained other 1000 because they arrived in the country without a male escort ! Mohammed Bello, the Nigerian responsible for the pilgrimage to Mecca , said 150 women were detained at an airport in Saudi Arabia with the excuse that " not accompanied by male pilgrims ( ... ) this unfortunate trend continued with other flights that landed in the UAE " . Approximately 1000 women are still detained at the airport in Jeddah . Many of the pilgrims were forced to turn back to the airport Kano , Nigeria. " Not even gave us water to drink , we had food and we were enraptured at positions airplane all those hours ," said one tearful women , writes Reuters.
The Nigerian parliament decided to send delegation to Saudi Arabia " in order to communicate with the authorities on the subject of non- Nigerian women ." Women in Saudi Arabia , according to Reuters, are considered inferior to men and are necessary permission from guardian - father , brother or husband - to travel outside the country , to work or to have access to certain kinds of medical care .
