ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian officials say 908 Muslim women pilgrims traveling to Mecca face deportation from Saudi Arabia for traveling without male relatives.

A National Hajj Commission of Nigeria report submitted to Nigerian lawmakers Wednesday says Saudi authorities are holding the Nigerian women at King Abdulaziz Airport in Jeddah.

An Associated Press reporter spoke to a woman pilgrim at a Nigerian airport who said she had been deported Wednesday from the Saudi Arabian city of Medina, along with dozens of others.

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