Several prominent Nigerians including the
immediate past National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),Mallam
Adamu Mu’Azu,former Special Advise on National Assembly,Alhaji Kashim Imam and
former National Chairman of the defunct CPC,Senator Rufai Hanga, narrowly
escaped death in the Thursday tragedy in Mecca, according to The Nation.
Multiple eyewitnesses at
the scene said Mu’Azu,Imam and Hanga had joined millions of other pilgrims in
stoning the devil when the stampede started.
Other prominent Nigerians
close to the scene were the PDP Youth Leader Abdullahi Maibarisa, Deputy
Comptroller General (Operations) of the Nigerian Immigration Service
Mr.Muhammad Babandede, and a former member of the House of Representatives.
The hajj rituals
continued yesterday although with security beefed up across the various points
in Mecca.
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