Photo: Nigerian former senator
arrested in Saudi Arabia
Senator Hassan Barata was arrested by Saudi
Arabian authorities after he was found travelling
with a revoked diplomatic passport and claiming
to be an employee of the Nigerian Embassy.
Barata was a former chairman of the Senate
Committee on Culture and Tourism. He
represented the Adamawa South Senatorial
District between 2011 and 2015 as a PDP
lawmaker. He defected to APC last february but
returned to the PDP after losing the APC
governorship ticket bid.
According to The Nation, Senator Barata, who is
in Saudi Arabia to observe the hajj pilgrimage,
claimed to be an employee of the Nigerian
embassy there after being arrested; a claim that
was found to be false.
The Federal Government has earlier directed the
Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) to retrieve
diplomatic and official passports from
unauthorized holders.
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