Nigeria: Yobe Pilgrim Dies, Another Hospitalised

6 December 2009

Damaturu — Yobe State has lost one of its pilgrims, while another is reported hospitalised as a result of stroke. This report was received from a Yobe Broadcasting Corporation officer, Mohammed Ahmed Bedu, reporting hajj operation events from the holy land.

According to reports from the state's Amirul Hajj, Hon. Usman Adamu, who is also the speaker, Yobe State House of Assembly, the deceased is a female from Gujba local government area while the stroke victim is also a female from Bade local government area.

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