The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has explained why it cancelled the visa of all the 264 Nigerian passengers that arrived the country via Air Peace.
The Kingdom made the clarification In a statement through its Royal Embassy in Abuja.
In the statement, it explained that the passengers did not fulfil the entry conditions for the Kingdom as they submitted incorrect information.
The statement reads in part: “The passengers who were denied entry and subsequently deported to their initial destinations didn’t fulfil the entry conditions and requirements in accordance with the applicable rules and regulations of the kingdom.”
It noted, meanwhile, that the procedure was not limited to Nigerian citizens only, but included citizens of other countries.
It could be recalled that the authorities of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia cancelled the visa of the passengers who arrived Sunday, including those who were visiting for the Islamic Lesser Hajj tradition barely one week after Air Peace launched a direct flight to the Middle Eastern oil rich country.
The flight had taken off Sunday night from the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, through Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano, and landed at King Abdul-Aziz International Airport, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
The incidence prompted the intervention of the Nigerian embassy in Saudi Arabia before the number of affected passengers that would be returned were reduced from 264 to 177.
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