Nigeria is reported to have recorded six deaths during the five days Hajj rites in Mina and Arafat, says the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, NAHCON
This brings to 13 the total number of pilgrims that died in this year’s Hajj.
NAHCON’s Head of the Medical Mission, Dr. Usman Galadima, made this known during an ongoing stakeholders’ meeting in Makkah.
Dr Galadima said two Nigerians delivered babies during the Five-Day Hajj rites.
According to him, 93 emergency cases were attended to which include three cases of Chicken Pox.
