Nigerian female Muslim pilgrim after she arrived at the airport of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, in this Dec. 13, 2007 file photo, to attend the Hajj in Makkah.

The Haj Ministry is investigating complaints presented by a hotel investor against the Nigerian Haj mission regarding its supposed violation of a two-year contract with the hotel for 2014 and 2015, worth SR51 million per year.

The formal complaint stated that the Nigerian mission signed a contract with another hotel for the Haj season, despite knowing that the contract that it had with the former hotel was still valid.

Legal consultant Khaled Ahmed Al-Hamadi, who is representing the hotel investor, said that the Nigerian Haj Mission did not pay his client the agreed sum of SR51 million, despite the clear stipulations of the contract. He further noted that the mission has disregarded repeated calls for them to pay their dues, forcing the hotel to take legal action.