Hajj stampede: Lagos lawmaker still missing

Contrary to the official report by the Lagos State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board that no casualty was recorded among the pilgrims from the state in the stampede that occurred in Mina, Saudi Arabia on the way to Jamarat, where many pilgrims died, Classic International Magazine is reporting that one of the pilgrims of the state, Hon. Adeola Maurufudeen Adefolabi, is still missing.
Adefolabi is a one term honourable member representing Ifako Ijaiye in the lower chamber of the National Assembly and former Chairman of Ifako Ijaiye and Ojokoro Local Government Areas.
The Magazine is reporting further learnt that Adefolabi was last communicated before the unfortunate disaster that claimed hundreds of lives.
Efforts made by family, friends and fellow pilgrims to locate the grass root politician have proved abortive.
The 2015 Amir-ul-Hajj for the state, Dr. AbdulHakeem AbdulLateef, had stated in a statement on Monday that no pilgrim from the state was missing when a head count was done at all the tents sheltering the over 3,000 pilgrims from the state in Mina, Saudi Arabia.