Lagos - Amakhulu abahambi ngeeHajj zalo nyaka eSaudi Arabia babebambeke mpela mpela kwisikhululo senqwelomoya saseMurtala Muhammed, eLagos, nanjengoko zazingafumaneki iiarhente zabo.
Abahambi ngezonqulo babanga ukuba iiarhente zabo zizise kumazwe ahlukeneyo ukubasa ngenqwelomoya eJeddah ngolwesiHlanu ngokuhlwa ngenqwelomoya eyaphumla iBellview Airlines.
Batsho ukuba badanile ngolwesiHlanu ngokuhlwa xa igosa lenqwelomoya labazisa ukuba abazukukhweliswa ngenqwelomoya ngenqwelomoya eLagos-Jeddah, endaweni yoko i-IRS Airlines izakuqala ukubakhwelisa ukusuka kwisikhululo sasekhaya ukuya eKano apho bazakukhwela inqwelo moya IMecca.
Baye baqhayisa ngokuprintwa kweekhompyuter kwiitikiti zabo zomoya kwaye bakhalaza ngelithi babengonelisekanga lilungiselelo laseLagos-Kano-Mecca.
Omnye u-Alhaji Olojede Rammon, iarhente engachazanga igama lenkampani yakhe, uthe into eyaziswa ngabaphathi beenqwelo moya yayingeyonxalenye yesivumelwano awayenaso nenkampani yeenqwelo moya.
Uthe ngaphambi kokuba azise abathengi bakhe kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya, waqinisekiswa ukuba abahambi ngezonqulo bazakuhamba ngqo besuka eLagos hayi ngesinye isikhululo seenqwelomoya.
Abanye babahambi abaziva bekhohlisiwe babesoyikisa ngokuhlasela isikhululo sepetroli kunye nezinye izinto zeshishini zearhente eqokelele i-N750, 000 kubo nganye ukusukela ngo-2008 ukubanceda baye eSaudi Arabia eHajj.
Omnye wabo ongakhange alichaze igama lakhe uthe uhlawule i-N3 yezigidi ngobudlelane bakhe ne-Ogun State esekwe kwiarhente ebimthintela ukusukela kuhambo oluya eMecca lwaphazanyiswa kunyaka ophelileyo.
Uthe iarhente yabathembisa ukuba bazokuhamba kulo nyaka. “Kodwa khange abonakalise apha. Uzicimile iifowuni zakhe kwaye akenzi nzame zokubuyisa le mali, utshilo.
Okwangoku, isithethi seNigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), uSam Adurogboye, uvakalise ukumangaliswa kukuba iBellview kuye kufuneke ithengise amatikiti kubakhweli kwindlela engenayo imvume yokubhabha.
Ngaphezu koko, i-airline yayivalile ivenkile yayo okwethutyana, kwaye i-NCAA yasamkela isigqibo senqwelomoya sokumisa ukuhlengahlengiswa kwekhaya, kwengingqi kunye ne-intercontinental kusalinde ixesha eliza kuzisa inqwelomoya ukusebenza ezindleleni.
