According to Premium Times report, Five Nigerian pilgrims to this year’s
hajj in Makkah, Saudi Arabia, have died.
The Chairman of the National Hajj
Commission of Nigeria, NAHCON, Abdullahi Mohammed, announced the
passage of four of the pilgrims on Tuesday in Makkah, Islam’s
holiest city.
Mr. Mohammed, who spoke at the 2017
pre-Arafat meeting with Hajj stakeholders, however, declined to
disclosed the identities of the late pilgrims as well as the
circumstances that led to their death.
He said such information could only be
disclosed after their families had been appropriately informed.
The NAHCON chair pleaded with the media
to withhold the details so as not to further devastate the families
of the affected pilgrims.
Shortly after the chairman spoke, an
official on the medical team of NAHCON announced the passage of
another pilgrim from Kwara.
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.
A few other pilgrims came directly to
Makkah after flying into Saudi Arabia through the nearby city of
Jeddah.
All the pilgrims have performed the
rites of Umrah, the lesser hajj, at al-Masjid al-Haram in which is
situated the Kabah.
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.
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