Chief Imam killed in Mina stampede
Chief Imam killed in Mina stampede
The Sokoto State Pilgrims Welfare Agency has said that Sheikh Liman
Dan-Ata, the Chief Imam of the Sultan Abubakar III Jumaa’at Mosque,
Sokoto, is among those killed in the stampede in Mina, Saudi Arabia.
The Media Assistant to the agency, Alhaji Farouk Umar, made this
known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday.
NAN recalls that the state government had in a statement issued on
Saturday by Imam Imam, spokesman to Gov. Aminu Tambuwal, confirmed the
killing of nine other pilgrims from the state in the Mina stampede.
The agency has also confirmed the killing of the immediate Caretaker
Chairman of Illela Local Government Area of the state, Alhaji Bello
Gidan-Hamma, his mother, step-mother and two wives in the stampede.
At the time of writing this report, several pilgrims from the state had been declared missing.
