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Another Nigerian pilgrim dies in Saudi Arabia
A female pilgrim from Kaduna State, Hajiya Asma’u Muhammad-Ladan, died at the King Fahad Hospital in Saudi Arabia on Friday.
The Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Kaduna State Pilgrims Welfare Agency, Malam Yunusa Muhammad-Abdullahi, disclosed this in a statement in Arfat on Saturday.
He said the pilgrim died after a brief illness.
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Muhammad-Abdullahi, who did not indicate the deceased’s local government of origin, said she was registered at the headquarters of the agency.
Muhammad-Ladan was the third Nigerian pilgrim to die in Saudi Arabia this week.
The duo of Salman Alade and Ayishat Ologele from Kwara State died during the exercise on Monday.
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