Pilgrims return tomorrow

24.12.2007

Nigerian pilgrims, who performed this year’s Hajj in Saudi Arabia, will start returning to the country tomorrow, an official has said.

The Commissioner for Policy and Administration of the National Hajj Commission, Alhaji Liadi Tella, said on Sunday in Jeddah that the return journey would be “very smooth.”

He said the movement was always determined by crucial factors like flight schedules and the capacity of Makkah to accommodate the pilgrims.

‘’Medina has the least elastic limit in terms of accommodation while Makkah has the highest,’’ he explained.