Nigeria: 70 Percent Borno Pilgrims Now in Saudi Arabia

16 October 2011

Maiduguri — Over 70 percent of intending pilgrims to Saudi Arabia from Borno State are now in the holy land, Alhaji Zanna Mustapha, the Amirul Hajj and deputy governor of the state, has said.

The deputy governor who spoke to newsmen in Maiduguri yesterday, said out of the 3500 intending pilgrims from the state, over 2000 are now in the holy land.

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