Hajj Stampede: 2 senior judges die, one brother of ex-INEC chairman

‎In a statement, Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Mahmud Mohammed, gave the names of the deceased Justices as Abdulkadir Jega who is the Presiding Justice of the Abuja Division of the appellate court and Justice Musa Hassan Alkali of the Ilorin Division‎.

Yombe further told News Express that the state’s Amirul Hajj and Emir of Argungu, Alhaji Samaila Mera; the Speaker of the State House of Assembly; his deputy; and the family of the state Governor, Alhaji Atiku Bagudu, were among those who survived the stampede.

According to PUNCH, a brother of the former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof.

The chairman of the Taraba State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board who confirmed the First Class traditional ruler’s death to newsmen on Saturday, said the recovered body of the Emir had been buried in Saudi Arabia.

The deadly stampede occurred while pilgrims were on their way to perform the symbolic hajj ritual of “stoning of the devil” at the Jamarat Bridge outside Makkah, in Saudi Arabia.

Other prominent Nigerians, who have been confirmed to have died in the stampede, included the Deputy Secretary General of the Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs Professor Tijjani Abubakar El-Miskin and a veteran female journalist, Bilkisu Yusuf.