President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, to ensure the safe return of Zainab Aliyu, a student who was wrongly arrested for drugs trafficking in Saudi Arabia.
Zainab, though detained but has not been put on trial by the Saudi Arabia government but the President had directed the Attorney-General, Abubakar Malami to see to her release by Saudi Government.
The Presidency said with the hard evidence that those who implicated her have been arrested, a strong legal case is being made to the Saudi authorities.
Zainab, a student of Maitama Sule University, Kano, had travelled from Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA) in company with her mother, Maryam Aliyu, and sister, Hajara Aliyu. She was later arrested over allegations that a piece of luggage, bearing her name tag, contained the unlawful substance.
Zainab who was accused of entering Saudi Arabia with an illegal dosage of Tramadol was later discovered to be a victim of a cartel that specialises in planting hard drugs in travellers’ bags, some of whom are already in the custody of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).