I knew Zainab, Abubakar would be released - Saudi envoy

The Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to Nigeria, Adnan Mahmoud Bostaji, has said that he was confident that Zainab Aliyu and Ibrahim Abubakar, who were arrested on drug related charges in Saudi Arabia, would be freed.

He said this during an iftar organized by the Saudi Arabian Embassy in Abuja on Tuesday.

“I was confident that they would be released in the end because I followed up with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Nigeria and worked with them on the case.

“The laws of the Saudi Arabia are based on justice and innocent people deserve to be freed,” the ambassador said.

He also noted that Mrs. Kudirat Adesola Afolabi was executed in November 2018 because she was found guilty of attempting to smuggle drugs into the country.

Mr. Bostaji also made a call to Nigerian airport officials to take stern measures to prevent a reoccurrence of similar cases.