Hajjj tragedy: Nigerian man his wives, mother, stepmother die

Firstclass newsline gathered that the Sokoto State Pilgrims Welfare
Agency has confirmed the killing of the immediate Caretaker Chairman
of Illela Local Government Area of the state, Alhaji Bello
Gidan-Hamma, his mother, stepmother and two wives in the stampede in
Mina, Saudi Arabia.
The agency also confirmed that the Chief Imam of the Sultan Abubakar
III Jumaa'at Mosque, Sokoto, Sheikh Liman Dan-Ata, was among those
killed in the stampede.
The Media Assistant to the agency, Alhaji Farouk Umar, made this known
in an interview withthe News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday.
NAN recalls that the state government had in a statement issued on
Saturday by Governor Aminu Tambuwal's spokesperson, Imam Imam,
confirmed the killing of nine other pilgrims from the state in the
Mina stampede.
At of the time of writing this report, several pilgrims from the state
had been declared missing.
Meanwhile, the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa'ad Abubakar lll-led
Jama'atu Nasril Islam on Sunday urged the Saudi Arabian authorities to
probe the stampede.
"This is one tragedy too many," the JNI in a statement by its
Secretary-General, Dr. Khalid Abubakar-Aliyu, in Kaduna, on Sunday,
said.
This is just as a fiery Islamic cleric and leader of the Shiite
Movement in Nigeria, Shiekh Ibaheem El-Zakzaky, blamed the tragedy on
a Saudi prince whose convoy allegedly caused the stampede.
He said the prince and others fingered in the tragedy should be
sentenced to death.
While commiserating with the families of the victims of the tragedy,
the JNI urged the Muslim Ummah (community) not to be deterred but to
remain steadfast in the current challenges confronting them.
The religious body noted that it was gratifying that the Saudi
authorities were doing all they could to make the Hajj operation
smooth, but added that investigation into what led to the tragedy was
necessary.
According to the JNI, an investigation into the stampede became
imperative in order to guard against future occurrence.
The JNI said, "With humility and total submission to Allah the
exalted, the Jama'atu Nasril Islam, under the leadership of His
Eminence, Alhaji Muhammad Sa'ad Abubakar, Sultan of Sokoto, and the
President-General, condoles with with the Muslim Ummah over the
Jamarat stampede, which led to the loss of several lives of pilgrims
in one of the sites of worship in Saudi Arabia.
"This is one tragedy too many. JNI shares the pains and worries the
families of the affected victims are passing through and urge them to
patiently persevere and put their trust in Allah.
"Despite this and other painful trials, our faith in Allah is
unshaken. Therefore, we call on each and every Muslim to remain
focused and firm in his or her belief and engage in acts that will
bring them closer to Allah.
"It is, indeed gratifying that the Saudi authorities have been doing
everything humanly possible to make the Hajj as smooth as it should
be, but we still call on them to investigate the Jamarat stampede in
order
to avert future a occurrence."

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