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Wednesday, 28 October 2015

Hajj Stampede: Jigawa Govt Confirms 4 Deaths, 2 Missing

 Jigawa State government yesterday confirmed that four of its pilgrims died in this year’s hajj exercise while two others are missing.

The head of the state’s 2015 Hajj Delegation and deputy governor, Mr. Ibrahim Hassan Hadejia while briefing newsmen in his office explained that, two of the pilgrims died as a result of the stampede at Minna while two others died as a result of other illness. “ For those two missing we presume that they died as a result of the stampede and their relatives would be taken to Saudi Arabia for DNA test.”

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