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Lagos state pilgrims on the hajj in Mecca, Saudi Arabia have protested against the shoddy treatment meted out to them by officials of the Lagos state government. The protesters threatened to stone the Lagos state commissioner for home affairs and culture, Alhaji Babatunde Balogun, and members of the state elite board. The pilgrims demanded 5,000 Swiss francs (£6,341, $10,118) as part of the sanction against the officials. The protest was brought under control with the intervention of some journalists, including the chairman of the Nigeria Union of Journalists. A 60-year-old pilgrim from Lagos, Mrs. Oni, died in her sleep on Wednesday in the holy land.

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Lagos state pilgrims on the hajj in Mecca, Saudi Arabia have protested against the shoddy treatment meted out to them by officials of the Lagos state government. The protesters threatened to stone the Lagos state commissioner for home affairs and culture, Alhaji Babatunde Balogun, and members of the state elite board. The pilgrims demanded 5,000 Swiss francs (£6,341, $10,118) as part of the sanction against the officials. The protest was brought under control with the intervention of some journalists, including the chairman of the Nigeria Union of Journalists. A 60-year-old pilgrim from Lagos, Mrs. Oni, died in her sleep on Wednesday in the holy land.

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