3 Nigerians Named revealedAmong Victims in Mecca MosqueTragedy

The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria
(NAHCON) has revealed there  confirmation
result  that three Nigerian pilgrims are among
the 200 people that sustained minor injuries in
the crane crash at Mecca’s Grand Mosque in
Saudi Arabia.
The Chairman of the commission, Mallam
Abdullahi Mukhtar, made this known at a news
conference in Abuja, adding that the victims
were responding to treatment in the Holy land.
Mukhtar did not name the victims but said two
of them were from Kaduna and one from
Gombe.
He expressed deep shock over the sad incident
but assured that it would not affect this year’s
exercise in any way. Media report had said that
103 people died and over 200 people were
injured in the incident.
“On the commission’s part, we have advised the
various states pilgrims’ board not to allow their
pilgrims to go close to the Grand Mosque for
now.
“They have adhered strictly to our directive and
it is yielding positive results,’’ he said.
Mukhtar also disclosed that 53,800 pilgrims had
so far been transported to Saudi Arabia as at
Saturday. He promised that the remaining
prospective pilgrims would be transported to the
Holy land before the deadline of Sept. 18.
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