The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria yesterday stated.10 more corpses of deceased Nigerian pilgrims had been identified, bringing the number of pilgrims who died at Mina stampede, to 64.
Giving journalists an update on the incident in Mecca, Alhaji Uba Mana, the Director, Public Affairs of the commission, stated.244 pilgrims had been declared missing.
Mana stated.71 pilgrims were injured as against the 61 pilgrims earlier announced by the commission.
He stated of the 64 deceased pilgrims, 46 were transported to Saudi Arabia by state pilgrims' welfare agencies and 18 by private tour operators.
Mana also stated that 12 of the 71 injured pilgrims were transported to Saudi Arabia by tour operators and 59 by state pilgrims’ welfare agencies.
As stated by him, the deceased were from Adamawa,Bauchi, Borno, Ekiti, Jigawa, FCT, Cross Rivers, Gombe, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Kaduna, Kwara, Nassarawa, Niger, Ogun, Ondo, Plateau, Rivers, Sokoto, Yobe, Taraba, and Zamfara states.
More than 700 pilgrims were reported to have died, and 805 others injured, during Thursday’s stampede on the way to the Jamrat complex (Devil stoning ritual site) in Mina, Saudi Arabia.