Two More Kwara Pilgrims Die in Mecca, Bringing Death Toll to Four
According to a news report from Punch, two additional pilgrims from Kwara State, Salman Alade and Ayishat Ologele, have reportedly died while on pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
These pilgrims were among the thousands of Nigerians who travelled to the holy land to perform the Hajj pilgrimage.
Their deaths follow those of two other pilgrims, Saliu Mohammed, who arrived with the third batch of the state contingent, and Hawawu Mohammed, which were reported in Madinah.
The latest report brings the death toll among Kwara pilgrims to four.
Ologele, it was gathered, fell ill while travelling from Medina to Mecca and died afterwards, while Alade fell ill in Mecca and passed away as well.
While the exact causes of their deaths had not been officially confirmed, it was believed that they died of natural causes.
The development was confirmed by the Kwara State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board in Saudi Arabia.
The board commiserated with the families of two pilgrims as the Executive Secretary, Abdulsalam Abdulkadir, expressed condolences to the families, asking Allah to grant them comfort and forgive the deceased.
Cloud Tag: What's trending
Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.
Jebba Maigidasanma NFAI Adeola Abraham Wahab Agbaje Bashirat Bola Bello Isiaka AbdulRazaq PAACO-PCL Consortium Saheed Popoola Dogara Ahmad Olanrewaju Belgore Yemi Sanni Imodoye Writer’s Enclave Ilorin Emirate NYSC Cornelius Fawenu Saliu Alamoyo Ogbondoroko Emir Of Kano Lukman Adeloyin Isiaka Abdulrazak Shuaib Jawondo Nigerian Supreme Council For Islamic Affairs Shero Seun Bolaji REO CAKES Ilorin Talaka Parapo (ITP) Mohammed Khadijat Kubura Obasanjo Eghe Igbinehin Okin Group Harmony Holdings High Court Iyabo Adewuyi Oye Tinuoye Abdulfatai Baakini Oladipo Akanmu Tolani Sulyman Buhari Christopher Odetunde Yakubu Shaaba CCT Abubakar Abdulraheem Yahaya Seriki Ilorin International Airport Mutawali Iyabo Dupe Adekeye Olayinka Olaogun Jide Oyinloye Abdulrauf Aliyu Tanke Maryam Nurudeen Congress For National Consensus SSUCOEN Kazeem Oladepo TETFUND Awoye Saliu Ajibola Ajia Shehu Salau Aminat Ahmed Esuwoye Salami Adekunle Tunji Ajanaku Folorunsho Erubu Gamji Members Association Kola Ologbondiyan Ibrahim Orire KWASIEC Makama Saliu Mustapha Association Of Kwara State Online Media Practitioners Al-Ilory Saka Onimago 2017 Budget Saduki Lafiagi Mohammed Yahaya Barki AbdulRaheem Ahmad Shayi Titus Ashaolu

