Hajj: Kaduna official returns missing phones worth N4m

An official of the Kaduna State Pilgrims Welfare Agency, Alhaji Yaú Muhammad Inuwa has handed over missing mobile phones worth N4 million to the owner at the King Abdul Azeez International Airport, Jeddah.

A statement issued by the spokesperson for the Kaduna State Pilgrims Welfare Agency, Malam Yunusa Mohammed Abdullahi on Sunday, explained that Sheikh Muhajjadina Kano, the owner of the mobile phones, expressed gratitude to Alhaji Yaú for returning them to him, adding that he lost the phones while waiting to be screened at the airport.

According to Sheikh Muhajjadina, he left the phones on his seat when it was his turn to be screened thinking they were in his pocket, adding that he was alarmed when he discovered that the phones were not on him.

Speaking on how he found the owner, he said that he saw a group of people lamenting over the loss of mobile phones at the boarding area of the airport.

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“I asked them the model of the phones and what they told me corresponded with the ones that I picked at the screening area. So, I handed them to the owner,’’ he added.