Twelve
Nigerians have so far died in Saudi Arabia since the transportation of
Nigerians to this year’s pilgrimage began on September 19, Dr Aliyu Tanko, the
Coordinator of the National Hajj Commission in Mecca, confirmed the death of
four pilgrims to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Mecca on Thursday.
Tanko said
the figure was made up of two pilgrims from Katsina, one each from Sokoto and
Ogun, and that they died shortly on arrival in Mecca last week. He, however,
did not give further details, but recalled that eight other pilgrims died
earlier in Medina. Tanko said that the commission’s three clinics in Mecca and
those set up by the various state pilgrims boards provide effective medical
services to Nigerian pilgrims in Mecca.
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