Plateau pilgrim dies in Makkah
About a week after Nigeria lost a pilgrim in the ongoing Hajj, another person has passed on.
Hajiya Jamila Muhammad, who was from Plateau State, has just died in Makkah while a 75-year-old woman from Edo State, Adizatu Dazumi, previously died.
Mr Daiyabu Dauda, the Executive Secretary of the State’s Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board, disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen on Tuesday in Jos.
Dauda said that the pilgrim died on Monday at the King Abdul’aziz hospital, Makkah due to complication from diabetes.
“When the complications began, we immediately took her to the hospital for proper medication inline with our mandate.
“Unfortunately, we lost her and the doctor at hospital confirmed it was complications due to diabetes,” he said
Dauda further said that the deceased has since been buried in Makkah according to Islamic rites.
He condoled with her immediate family over the irreparable loss and urged them to take solace in God.
