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.
Gbenga Adebayo Ibrahim Labaika Nnazua Olatunde Oyeyiola Abdul-Rahoof Bello Amina Susa\'a De Ahmed Umar Yakubu Jaja Yahaya Jibril Usman Bello Oyebanji Ahmed \'Lateef Danladi Ahmed Bolaji Nagode Ayobami Seriki Tunji Oyawoye UITH Sebastine Obasi Isaac Gbenle Rotimi Atere Habeeb Abdullahi Al-Ilory Alagbado Saeedat Aliyu Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq Taiwo Joseph Wahab Isa Saad Belgore Ilorin West Olayinka Jelili Yusuf Umar Bayo Abdulwahab Taofik Abiodun Ahmed Abdullahi AbdulMajeed Mansurat Amuda-Kannike Lukman Oyebanji Fagbemi Kwara State Internal Revenue Service Oba-Solagberu Onilu Laboratory-to-Product Kudirat Arinola Lawal Muhammed Abdullahi Adesoye College Abdulrosheed Okiki Kwara State Governor Mohammed Halidu Kpotum Mohammed Baba Bayer Nigeria Limited Femtech Maigida Adama Isa Mahe Abdulkadir Sherif Sagaya Abiodun Abdulkareem Omar Bolaji Gambari Ojo Fadumila Oba Abdulrahim Ajia-Bako Shuaibu Yaman Abdulfatai Ahmed David Oyedepo March 18 Issa Memunat Moyosore Zara Umar Sadiq Umar Jimoh Bashir Logun Binta Abubakar-Mora Balogun Ajikobi Suleiman Rotimi Iliasu Popo-Igbonna Yusuf Babatunde Abdulwahab General Hospital, Offa Veterinary Teaching Hospital Dairo Kunle Paul AbdulQowiy Olododo Kawu Olatinwo Bayo Mohammed Onimode Undergraduate Bursary Kola Shittu

