87 more Nigerians have been confirmed dead,
after the September 24 stampede in Mina, Saudi Arabia, thereby bumping up the
death toll of Nigerians to 309, with 47 officially missing. Sokoto and Kano states
still top the list of casualties.
An official of the commission who pleaded anonymity told
Daily Trust yesterday in Abuja that only 47 Nigerians remain officially
missing, as those on admission have been discharged.
The number of dead continued to rise after some of the
missing were identified among the corpses in the hospitals and the figure is
expected to rise when those declared missing may have been identified. While
Saudi Arabia within the first days put the death toll at 769, it has not updated
the figure. Independent collation put the death toll at 2385 and 571 missing,
with 45 countries affected.
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