Nigeria, Aug. 20 -- Saudi authorities have detained a Nigerian woman, Maryam Hussaini-Abdullahi, after a bag allegedly containing marijuana was wrongly tagged to her name by Ethiopian Airlines, her husband has told PREMIUM TIMES.

Mrs Hussaini-Abdullahi, a 39-year-old mother of five from Kano State, had travelled with her husband, Abdullahi Baffa, on 6 August to perform the lesser Hajj. What was meant to be a spiritual journey turned into a nightmare after Saudi police linked her name to a suspicious "Ghana-must-go" sack at Jeddah airport.

Mr Baffa said the incident was the fault of Ethiopian Airlines, which mismatched his wife's luggage with the suspicious bag without their knowledge.

"My wife is innocent. We travelled with only one ba...