NAHCON confirms 99 dead, 215 missing in Mecca

The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, confirmed to newsmen, that 99 pilgrims died, 42 were injured and 214 missing, in the recent Hajj stampede, in Mecca.

Punch Newspapers reports that NAHCON’s Commissioner (Planning, Research, Statistic Information and Library Service), Dr. Saleh Okenwa said “Those injured were 42, 41 from the state pilgrims and one from tour operators. The number of those missing from the states was 96 males, 94 females and four males who were officials, totaling 194, while 10 males and 10 females were missing from the tour operators."

Adding that “Of those injured, only seven remain in the hospitals and receiving treatments and others have been discharged.”