S’Arabia embassy, ministry begin probe

Nigeria has begun investigating why 177 of the 264 passengers who left the country for Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Monday were denied entry.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs revealed this in a statement by the media aide to the Minister, Alkasim Abdulkadir, on Tuesday. On Monday, Saudi Arabia revoked the visas of 264 passengers who arrived in Jeddah on Monday from Nigeria.

Following the intervention of the Nigerian embassy, Saudi authorities reduced the number of passengers without visas to 177. The passengers who flew…