Hajj: 4 Nigerian Pilgrims Die In Saudi Arabia
No fewer than four Nigerian pilgrims at this year’s Hajj in Saudi Arabia, have died, Abdullahi Mohammed, Chairman of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), says.
Mohammed made the disclosure on Tuesday at the 2017 pre-Arafat meeting with Hajj stakeholders, in Makkah, Islam’s holiest city.
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The NAHCON boss however declined to reveal the identities of the deceased, and what led to their untimely passage.
He said the information will be disclosed after their families had been appropriately informed.
Mohammed pleaded with the media to withhold the details of the tragedy, so as not to further devastate the families of the affected pilgrims.
A total 81,200 Nigerian pilgrims are performing this year’s hajj, all of whom have converged on Makkah after some of them visited and prayed at the Prophet Mohammed’s mosque in Madinah.
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On Wednesday, the pilgrims, like their counterparts from other parts of the world, will move to the city of Mina to spend the eve of the 9th of Dhul-Hijah.
The pilgrims will then proceed to Arafat on Thursday praising Allah and reciting the Qur’an.
