Saudi releases Nigerian female student accused of drug possession

The Nigerian female student arrested in Saudi Arabia for drug possession, Zainab Aliyu, has been released.

This was disclosed on Tuesday by Abdur-Rahman Balogun, the Media Aide of the Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Diaspora, Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa.

A photograph that accompanied the terse information by Balogun showed Aliyu with officials of the Nigerian Consulate in Jeddah shortly after her release from prison.