The Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC) has announced that there would be no further pilgrimages to Israel until the Israel/Iran conflict is resolved.
According to a statement on Tuesday in Abuja by the commission’s Deputy Director and Head of Media and Public Relations, Mr, Celestine Toruka, the Executive Secretary, Bishop Stephen Adegbite refuted circulating reports that Nigerian pilgrims are currently in Israel for pilgrimage activities.
Adegbite clarified that no Nigerian Christian pilgrims were in Israel, as NCPC’s 2024 main pilgrimage exercise to Israel and Jordan was concluded in March 2025.
He said: ‘Given the ongoing tensions between Israel and Iran, which escalated on June 13, no Christian pilgrimage will occur in Israel until the crisis is resolved.
“The commission is closely monitoring the situation’.
The NCPC is the statutory body responsible for coordinating Christian pilgrimages from Nigeria to Israel and other holy sites worldwide.
Source: News Agency of Nigeria
