The Kano State Pilgrims Welfare Board has confirmed the death of one pilgrim, Sani Idris-Muhammed in Saudi Arabia during the 2022 Hajj.

The Executive Secretary of the State Pilgrims Welfare Board, Alhaji Muhammed Abba-Danbatta, disclosed this to newsmen on Saturday.

He said Idris-Muhammed who hailed from Madobi Local Government Area, died on Saturday after a brief illness in a General Hospital at Mecca.

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According to him,” the deceased has been buried according to Islamic rites at Grand mosque at Masjid Haram Shira yard in Mecca”.

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Abba-Danbatta prayed for the deceased and consoled with his family.(NAN)