One Pilgrim of the 668 Muslim who went for Hajj from Taraba State who travelled to the kingdom of Saudi Arabia for the just completed pilgrimage has been reported missing.
- 668 Muslim pilgrims from Taraba State travelled to the kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- Hassan Abdullahi Bamuze, a female pilgrim from Taraba State, has been reported missing in Saudi Arabia.
- The state pilgrims began their journey back home after the completion of the Hajj rites with 536 pilgrims last Saturday
- The board was thrilled that the exercise was successful.
Hassan Abdullahi Bamuze, a missing pilgrim from one of the two pilgrimage groups that entered the state, was reported missing.
The state’s Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board’s Public Relations Officer (PRO), Baba Hamza Muri, confirmed the report on Saturday in Jalingo, the state’s capital, by stating that the missing female pilgrim has not been located yet.
The board acknowledged that the “National Hajj Commission of Nigeria has assured that they will do everything humanly possible to help us find her” and claimed that the necessary processes had been put in place to find her.
According to him, the state successfully finished the 2022 Hajj (Pilgrim) with the arrival of the final group of 131 Saudi Arabian pilgrims today.
The board was thrilled that the exercise was successful, theGazetteNGR learnt.
One of the best exercises the board has ever conducted in the state, according to some of the pilgrims who spoke with our correspondent.
