The Federal Government has said that it had successfully established the innocence of a second Nigerian involved in Zainab Aliyu’s case, Ibrahim Abubakar.
Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said during a news conference in Abuja on Tuesday that Abubakar would be released on Wednesday to the Nigerian Mission in Saudi Arabia.
They were both held in Saudi Arabia after illegal dosage of tramadol was found in a bag labeled in Aliyu’s name at a Saudi airport.
National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) had said that Aliyu was a victim of a cartel at the Aminu Kano airport in Kano.
It also said the cartel specialises in placing hard drugs in the luggage of air travellers.
