Nigeria: 274 Edo Pilgrims Depart for Hajj

18 September 2013

Benin City — TWO hundred and seventy four Muslim pilgrims from Edo State, will today, depart for the Holy lands of Mecca and Medina for the 2013 Islamic pilgrimage tin Saudi Arabia.

Chairman of the state Pilgrims Welfare Board and Eghiegbai of Ekperi, HRH Dekhe Kanoba made this disclosure, yesterday, during a send-forth organised for them by Governor Adams Oshiomhole at Government House, Benin City.

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