100 Nigerian pilgrims abscond during pilgrimage to Israel
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100 Nigerian pilgrims abscond during pilgrimage to Israel

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The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC), Tor Uja, said that 100 Christian pilgrims absconded during the 2017 pilgrimage to Israel.

He revealed this while receiving a security report of the 2017 pilgrimage on Monday in Abuja. The NCPC boss said that the 100 pilgrims who absconded were from five states in Nigeria, adding that a serving soldier, a police inspector and a lecturer were among the absconders.

He stated that the commission has decided to increase security measures to prevent such from happening in the future.

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