The Sokoto State Pilgrims Welfare Agency has said that the Chief Imam of the Sultan Abubakar III Jumaa’at Mosque, Sokoto, Sheikh Liman Dan-Ata, is among those killed in the stampede in Mina, Saudi Arabia.
The Media Assistant to the agency, Alhaji Farouk Umar, made this known to newsmen yesterday.
The state government had in a statement Saturday by Imam Imam, spokesman to Gov. Aminu Tambuwal, confirmed the killing of nine other pilgrims from the state in the Mina stampede.
The agency has also confirmed the deaths of the immediate Caretaker Chairman of Illela LGA of the state, Alhaji Bello Gidan-Hamma, his mother, step-mother and two wives in the stampede. At the time of filing this report, several pilgrims from the state had been declared missing. (NAN)
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