No fewer than 150 intending pilgrims to the year's hajj in Mecca, Saudi Arabia were left stranded at the international wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos following their inability to show evidence of getting a secured travel visa for the journey to the Holy Land.
It had been gathered that the pilgrims, mostly from Ogun, Osun and Oyo states have been defrauded by a travel agent hired to secure travel visa, airfares and accommodation for them during Saudi Arabia.
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