Commissioner Planning, Research and Library Service of the commission, Dr. Saleh Okenwa, who spoke in Makkah put the number of the injured at 36. He said 121 are still missing.
According to him, Sokoto State with 79 dead and 59 missing tops the Nigerian victims’ list followed by Kano State which lost 20 pilgrims.
The commissioner said only five Nigerians are still on admission at the hospitals in Saudi Arabia.
He listed other affected states as: Adamawa, Borno, Gombe, Jigawa, Kaduna, Katsina, Kebbi, Kwara, Nasarawa, Niger, Ogun, Ondo, Plateau, Rivers, Taraba, Yobe, Zamfara and the FCT. They either lost pilgrims or have their pilgrims declared missing.
The death toll has been risen as soon as more bodies are discovered. The figure is expected to rise further when those declared missing have been identified from among the bodies.
“The number of the dead from the state contingents is160 made up of 70 male, 84 female, four male officials and two female officials. The injured are 33 (18 male and 15 female) 110 are still missing (61 male, 48 female) and one male official.
“The tour operators recorded 39 deaths (25 male and 14 female), two were injured and among the five on admission, while 11 (eight male and three female) are still missing,” he said.
Ah very sad situation!
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