From Marcel Duru, Owerri
The vice – President Kashim Shettima and Sultan of Sokoto on Friday arrived at Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Air Port Owerri to inaugurate the first flight of Nigerian pilgrims for the 2025 hajj operation to Saudi Arabia.Thousands of Moslem worshippers ably led by the Governor Hope Uzodimma welcome the Vice President Kashim Shettima and the Sultan of Sokoto amongst others for the inauguration of the first airlift of Moslem worshippers to hajj operation to Saudi Arabia. This inauguration witnessed unprecedented influx of Moslem faithfuls who besieged the state in their numbers.
Furthermore Hausa bike men demonstrated their riding skills formed a convoy with more than one thousand motor cycles stretching from Nekede, Obinze and Hospital junction at Port Harcourt road displaying their riding skills acrobatically. Speaking during the inauguration the Vice President Kashim Shettima thanked Imo State governor for making the airlift of Moslem faithfuls to Saudi Arabia possible. In his own contribution also during the inauguration, Governor Hope Uzodimma described the occasion as a good development that will benefit Imolites in due course. In the same development a public opinion analyst Chief Jude Osuala said that Imolites expected harvest of cargos landing at the Imo International Cargo Airport not religious Pilgrims.
