Death Toll Among Nigerian Hajj Pilgrims In Saudi Arabia Jumps to Two

The death toll of Nigerians in the ongoing Hajj exercise in Saudi Arabia has increased to two. 

The latest victim was a 75-year-old woman from Edo State, identified as Adizatu Dazumi, from Jattu Uzairue in the Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo State.

She died on Monday after a brief illness.

Dazumi fell ill shortly after performing the Tawaaf (the ritual circumambulation of the Kaaba) and was taken to the King Fahad General Hospital in Makkah on Sunday. She passed away the following day. 

Chairman of the Edo State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board, Musah Uduimoh, Confirming the development, said she has been buried in Makkah on the same day, according to Islamic tradition, and her family in Jattu Uzairue has been informed.

Recall a male pilgrim from Abia State, Alhaji Saleh Galeh had also died in the holy land.