No fewer than four (4) pilgrims from Imo state were reportedly missing in Jerusalem after Imo state government that sponsored them was said to have starved them of hunger.
Similarly, two pilgrims from Oru West in Imo state have been arrested by Israeli police for stealing wrist watches belonging to a catholic Priest during this year’s pilgrimage in Jerusalem.
The Israeli police authority gave names of the arrested persons as, Ugochinyere Ibekwe, and Okolieigwe Linus. They were said to be Governor Hope Uzodinma’s Special Advisers on Door-to-Door in the LGA.
Meanwhile, the missing Pilgrims are still being searched for possible recovery, but an Israeli citizen who also attended the pilgrimage disclosed that few days after they were declared missing, 3 unknown lifeless bodies were discovered in Tzuba, and Battir, suburbs, neighboring villages close to the Jerusalem.
