Nigeria has lost yet another pilgrim to the cold hand of death in far away Saudi Arabia, Igbere TV reports.
Igbere TV gathered that the victim died while attempting to rescue another pilgrim after carrying out the first throwing of pebbles at Jamarat.
This brings the total number of deaths involving Nigerian pilgrims, so far, to six.
Igbere TV had reported that two Lagos female pilgrims slumped while on their way to Jamarat, but one of them survived while the other gave up the ghost before getting to the hospital.
The latest victim, whose name is Lawal Mulikat Shade, 56, is a native of Ikirun, Osun State.
“She came for the Hajj through Oshodi-Isolo Local Council Development Area with Passport Number A09878948”, an Hajj official, who confirmed the incident, told Igbere TV.
According to medical report, the late pilgrim was hypertensive.
Dr. Hakeem Abdul-Lateef, another Hajj official who collaborated the report, said the board was working with Saudi authority and the deceased family for burial arrangements at Masjid Al Haram, Mecca.
The Saudi Ministry of Health had earlier said it established more than 16 health centres in the Jamarat area to provide health care to the stone throwers.
While praying for the repose of the soul, Dr. Abdul-Lateef cautioned stone throwers who are incapacitated as a result of health challenges, to send fellow pilgrims to do so on their behalf.
