Saudi Arabia Ignores FG ultimatum, Deports 510 Nigerians

Saudi Arabia, in apparent defiance of Nigeria’s ultimatum, has deported 510 female pilgrims.

The deportees, mainly from Sokoto, Jigawa and Kano states, arrived at the Kano International Airport at about 8.30pm on Wednesday, aboard a Meridian Airline flight.

The female returnees were among the Nigerian women pilgrims for the  2012 hajj detained in Medina and Jeddah for not having male escorts while trying to enter Mecca.
Vice President Namadi Sambo had on Wednesday summoned the Saudi Ambassador to Nigeria, Khaled O.Y. Abdrabuh, to register the Federal Government’s displeasure over the incident. Sambo also gave Saudi Arabia a 24-hour ultimatum to redress the situation.

Please, weren't these female pilgrims aware that it's against Islamic teachings to go on pilgrimage (or any journey for that matter) without a male escort?

Who do we blame in all this?