Photo: Nigerian pilgrims released by Saudi over drug issues visit Marwa

Two out of the three Nigerian pilgrims released by Saudi Arabia following the intervention of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have visited its Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, retired Brigadier General Mohamed Buba Marwa.

The Eagle Online recalls that three Nigerians were arrested by the Saudi Arabia authorities following illicit drugs found in their bags.

However, findings by the NDLEA established that a syndicate stuffed the drugs in their bags without their knowledge.

Drug smuggling attracts a death penalty in Saudi Arabia.

However, the NDLEA averted this for them and they were set free. 

Photo Caption: L-R: Alhaja Abdullahi Bahijja Aminu; Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brigadier General Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd); Alhaji Baffa Abdullahi; and Alhaja Maryam Hussain Abdullahi, when Alhaji Abdullahi led two of the three Nigerian pilgrims who were detained in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia over illicit drugs smuggled into their luggage by a syndicate but later released by the Saudi authorities following multi-stakeholders efforts coordinated by the NDLEA, to thank Marwa for the life saving interventions at the Agency’s National Headquarters in Abuja, on Thursday, April 9, 2026.

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