The Sokoto State
Pilgrims Welfare Agency has confirmed the killing of the immediate Caretaker
Chairman of Illela Local Government Area of the state, Alhaji Bello
Gidan-Hamma, his mother, stepmother and two wives in the stampede in Mina,
Saudi Arabia.
The agency also
confirmed that the Chief Imam of the Sultan Abubakar III Jumaa’at Mosque,
Sokoto, Sheikh Liman Dan-Ata, was among those killed in the stampede.
The Media Assistant to
the agency, Alhaji Farouk Umar, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on
Sunday.
NAN recalls that the
state government had in a statement issued on Saturday by Governor Aminu
Tambuwal’s spokesperson, Imam Imam, confirmed the killing of nine other
pilgrims from the state in the Mina stampede.
At of the time of
writing this report, several pilgrims from the state had been declared missing.
- Punch
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