Posted by Samuel on Sun 30th Jun, 2024 - tori.ng
This was contained in a statement by the Executive Chairman of the state Pilgrims Welfare Agency, Faruk Inabo, and made available to newsmen through the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Ahmed Idris, on Sunday.
Another pilgrim from Maiyama Local Government Area of Kebbi State, Maryamu Mayalo, has passed away in Mecca after battling a prolonged illness.
This was contained in a statement by the Executive Chairman of the state Pilgrims Welfare Agency, Faruk Inabo, and made available to newsmen through the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Ahmed Idris, on Sunday.
The statement reported that Mayalo died on Sunday at King Abdulazeez Hospital in Mecca.
“Late Hajiya Maryamu will be buried after Asr prayer at Haram Mosque according to Islamic rites.”
The Kebbi State Governor Nasir Idris expressed his condolences over the death of Hajiya Maryamu, praying for “Allah SWT to grant her Aljanna Firdausi and to give her family the fortitude to bear the irreplaceable loss.”
Similarly, the governor “extended his condolences to the Pilgrims Welfare Agency, the people of Koko Besse Local Government Area, and the family of the late Alhaji Malami Besse, a Hajj guide who passed away on Sunday morning after returning home from Saudi Arabia.”
He prayed for Allah SWT to grant the deceased eternal rest and to give their families the strength to bear the irreplaceable loss.
Three weeks ago, PUNCH Online reported the death of a pilgrim as announced by the Kebbi State Pilgrims Welfare Board in Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
The Kebbi Hajj 2024 Media Team made the disclosure in a statement made available to newsmen on Sunday.
The statement quoted the Executive Chairman of the board, Alhaji Faruku Aliyu-Enabo, as saying this in Makkah.
Aliyu-Enabo, who gave the name of the deceased as Abubakar Abdullahi from Gulma in Argungu Local Government Area of the state, also said that the deceased died after a brief illness.