The National Hajj Commission (NAHCON) has said that 11 more bodies of Nigerian pilgrims killed in a stampede at Jamrat, Saudi Arabia during this year’s hajj have been identified.
This brought the figure the current total number of those who lost their lives at 75. The previous official figure was 64.
The NAHCON Public Relations Officer, Mallam Uba Mana, who spoke to news men in Jeddah, said that the total number of pilgrims missing is 241 even as he assured that the agency is doing all within its power to locate those still missing.
Uba Mana confirmed that Saudi Arabia had opened an identification office for missing persons, adding: “this is a good development, because it will ease a little tension of a lot of pilgrims across the country.
“The Saudi authorities have since taken responsibility for the medical bills of the victims.” [myad]
