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 the pilgrims in 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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May their gentle souls rest in perfect peace. Ameeen
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