CHRISTIAN ARRESTED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO BOARD HAJJ FLIGHT

A 29-year old, Plateau state-born teacher, Lohnan Joseph, was intercepted while trying to board a Saudi Arabia bound flight at Sultan Abubakar III International Airport, Sokoto on Sunday at around 9p.m. Joseph, a Christian  was said to have joined the screening line of Zamfara State intending pilgrims who were about to board the flight in the early hours of Sunday. He was asked why as a Christian, he joined the line of pilgrims boarding a hajj flight, Joseph said: “I am a Nigerian, so I don’t believe in discrimination, whether you are a christian or Muslim”. He also said that he wanted to be like Herbert Macaulay, whom he read, had traveled to London amidst difficulties and that his mission was not to travel but only to visit the airport and come back. 

He has been handed over to the police.