28th September, 2015
Kazeem Ugbodaga
The Lagos State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board has said that no casualty was recorded among the pilgrims from the state in the stampede that occurred in Mina, Saudi Arabia last Thursday.
Over seven hundred people, including over 50 Nigerians, died in the stampede on the way to Jamarat.
The 2015 Amir-ul-Hajj for the State, Dr. AbdulHakeem AbdulLateef, who stated this said no single pilgrim from the state was missing when a head count was done at all the tents sheltering the over three thousand pilgrims from Lagos State in Mina, Saudi Arabia.
According to him, “it was said by Saudi Authorities that the Nigerians that were involved are from the northern part of the country. However Iran, Pakistan and other Arab countries have the major casualties.”
While lamenting the loss of lives at Jamarat, Abdullateef prayed that Allah will grant the dead Aljana firdous as well as grant the victims’ families the fortitude to bear the irreparable loss.
Airlifting of Lagos pilgrims back home will commence on 1 October and end on 6 October, 2015.