No fewer than 1,999 Lagos pilgrims who performed the 2017 Hajj exercise in Saudi Arabia have so far returned home.
They were airlifted home in five flights by Med-View Airline PLC beginning from Saturday September 16 when the first flight departed King Abdul-Azeez International Airport, Jeddah with 450 pilgrims and three officials aboard the airline’s B747 aircraft.
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The second batch of the pilgrims numbering 326 departed Jeddah Monday and landed at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) at 11:45 p.m.