Three Nigerians die in Saudi Arabia

Three Nigerians performing this year’s pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia have died.
The pilgrims are reported to be from Kebbi, Kano and Katsina States.
According to a report monitored on www,premiumtimesng.com, the Head of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, Medina Mission, Bello Tambawwal, confirmed the death of the pilgrims.
Tambawwal, who spoke in Medina, said the pilgrim from Kano State died during a flight to Jeddah.
Others, he said, died in Medina.
He said of the two pilgrims who died in Medina: “Both of them were in their ripe age at the time of their death.”