Ten Nigerians in Saudi Arabia to performing this year’s hajj rites have been confirmed dead. According to the Coordinator of the National Hajj Commission in Mecca, Aliyu Tanko, the ten are out of at least 50,000 Nigerian that have so far arrived Mecca with virtually all them having performed the Umrah rites.
He advised the pilgrims to always seek medical advice before embarking on pilgrimage, even as he wanred them against exposing themselves to the harsh weather condition in the Holy Land.
Tanko said that the commission’s three clinics in Mecca and those set up by the various state pilgrims boards provide effective medical services to Nigerian pilgrims in Mecca. [myad]
