By Ibrahim Mammaga
Alhaji Abdullahi Mukhtar, the Chairman, National Hajj Commision of Nigeria (NAHCON), on Saturday called on the Saudi authority to involve Nigeria and countries affected by Friday’s stampede in Mina, Saudi Arabia.
Alhaji Abdullahi Mukhtar, the Chairman, National Hajj Commision of Nigeria (NAHCON), on Saturday called on the Saudi authority to involve Nigeria and countries affected by Friday’s stampede in Mina, Saudi Arabia.
No fewer than 747 Muslims
lost their lives and 805 others injured at the stampede on the road leading to
Jamarat (stone throwing site).
Pilgrims from several
nations participating at the ongoing pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia lost their
lives at the stampede.
Mukhtar, who made the call at a news conference in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, said it was not fair for anyone to blame Africans participating at the pilgrimage for the fatal incident.
Mukhtar, who made the call at a news conference in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, said it was not fair for anyone to blame Africans participating at the pilgrimage for the fatal incident.
``At this time of
electronic age and the close circuit cameras install in Mecca and environment,
the authority can easily know how the stampede started and who caused it,’’ he
said.
He, therefore, urged the
pilgrims to follow the timetable provided by Saudi authority to prevent similar
incident.
The News Agency of
Nigeria (NAN) reports that three Nigerians lost their lives although NAHCON
officials they had yet to verify the development from Saudi Government.(NAN)
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