The Niger State Pilgrims Welfare Board says another pilgrim has died in Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
In a statement issued on Sunday, Mohammad Aliyu, executive secretary of the board, said the pilgrim died at about 11pm on Saturday.
The deceased, identified as Adeshetu Abubakar, was rushed out of her room with blood gushing from her nose and mouth. Aliyu said the pilgrim, from Bida LGA of Niger state, died of a heat stroke after she returned from the mosque.“Hajiya Adeshetu Abubakar, age around 65yrs old who is from Bida LGA of Niger state, died a few hours after she came back from Haram,” he said.
“She came down from her hotel to the front of her hotel at Niger house 1, where she collapsed and started bleeding from orifices such as mouth, nose, etc, and she immediately gave up as CPR proved abortive. “She is not a known HTN and diabetes. She was confirmed and certified dead at 11:40pm on Saturday, 29/6/24.“Cause of death: Heat stroke. She will be buried according to Islamic rite at haram after zuhr prayers.The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria had earlier said about
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