Muslim pilgrims pray around the holy Kaaba at the Grand Mosque, during the annual hajj pilgrimage in Mecca September 27, 2014. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed (SAUDI ARABIA – Tags: RELIGION TRAVEL) – RTR47YYC
In what appears to be a never ending saga in the 2015 Hajj Pilgrimage, aside 17 Ghanaians reported to have perished in the Saudi Arabia stampede and many more still missing, information reachingPeacefmonline.com indicates that four Ghanaian pilgrims awaiting to return home have been arrested.
According to Veteran Radio DJ, James Kotey Neequaye known as DJ Yellow Man of Peace Fm who is part of this year’s hajj pilgrims, four stranded Ghanaians in Saudi Arabia have been arrested for assaulting three Saudi police personnel including a woman who tried to stop them from selling in front of someone’s residence.
He explained that selling on the streets of Saudi Arabia is not allow except during the pilgrimage; thus when some Ghanaian pilgrims took advantage to sell things in order to fend for themselves while waiting to return home on Saturday October 10, they engaged their transactions in front of a Saudi native’s residence.
He added that when the police visited the scene to disperse them from selling at the spot, the Ghanaian pilgrims took offense and physically attacked them, ripping off the female officer’s top gear.
“They beat up the police officers; two men and a lady and even tore the uniform of the female officer and so they have been arrested and taken into police custody”, he narrated.
Meanwhile, the number of Ghanaians reported to have perished in the stampede has reached 17, according to DJ Yellow Man.
He says the stakeholders of Pilgrims Affair of Ghana, National Hajj Committee are making arrangements to bring home the surviving Ghanaians in Saudi Arabia by Saturday October 10, 2015.
“….the major problem we are going through currently is finding food…we have run out of money…this necessitated the decision by some Ghanaian pilgrims to sell on the streets of Saudi Arabia,” he added.
An Entrepreneur, Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporate Communications Executive and Philanthropist. Editor-in-Chief of www.233times.com. A Senior Journalist with Ghanaian Chronicle Newspaper. An alumnus of Adisadel College where he read General Arts. His first degree is in Bachelor of Arts - Political Science (major) and History (minor) from the University of Ghana. He holds MSc in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Energy with Public Relations (PR) from the Robert Gordon University in the United Kingdom. He is a 2018 Mandela Washington Fellow who studied at Clark Atlanta University in USA on the Business and Entrepreneurship track.
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