The Sokoto State Pilgrims Welfare Agency has confirmed the death of the immediate Caretaker Chairman of Illela Local Government Area of the state, Alhaji Bello Gidan-Hamma, his mother, stepmother and two wives in the stampede in Mina, Saudi Arabia.
The agency also confirmed that the Chief Imam of the Sultan Abubakar III Jumaa’at Mosque, Sokoto, Sheikh Liman Dan-Ata, was among those killed in the stampede.
The Media Assistant to the agency, Alhaji Farouk Umar, disclosed this in an interview with on Sunday.
recalls that the state government had in a statement issued on Saturday by Governor Aminu Tambuwal's spokesperson, Imam Imam, confirmed the killing of nine other pilgrims from the state in the Mina stampede.