30 Nigerians arrested for allegedly displaying Tinubu’s marketing campaign posters in Kaaba

Thirty Nigerian reportedly arrested in Saudi Arabia for allegedly displaying advertising marketing campaign posters of presidential aspirant of the All Progressive Congress, Bola Ahmed Tinubu inside the holy mosque, Kaaba, Saudi Arabia.

According to SaharaReporters, the Nigerians, whereas on lesser Hajj, Umrah, had been reportedly arrested by the Saudi police on the holy mosque as they stroll throughout the Kaaba with Tinubu’s posters lifted up.

The incident occurred by way of the month of Ramadan, shortly sooner than the Eid-El-Fitr (Sallah) celebration.

The aforementioned publication reported that an eyewitness, Murtala Adamu Jega, a Nigerian who moreover carried out the lesser Hajj on the time talked about, “I’m a witness; I noticed them elevate Bola Tinubu’s posters on the holy Kaaba.

“This is despicable. Instead of them to devout precious time to pray for peace to return to our country, 30 men made a mockery of our nation by lifting up a politician’s posters in the holy place. Thank God, Saudi authorities were swift to have arrested them right there and then,” he talked about.

For Zainab Abdullahi, one different Nigerian who was on the mosque, “the scenario was a very bad representation of Nigeria’s image before the world, and I think politicians must desist from this bad behaviour”.

Meanwhile, a Saudi Arabian provide talked about these arrested may very well be charged to courtroom to serve their sentences.

A renowned Islamic Cleric in Nigeria, Sheik Nura Khalid, endorsed the Saudi authorities for the arrest, saying, “Lifting up a politician’s posters in the holy Kaaba has contravened Islamic traditions.”

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