Last batch of 512 Kwara PIlgrims transported to Saudi Arabia.

Pilgrims

By AbdulFatai Beki

Ilorin Aug. 5, 2018 (NAN) The last batch of 512 Muslims intending Pilgrims from Kwara have been transported to Saudi Arabia for the 2018 Hajj  exercise.

The News Agency of Nigeria NAN reports that the Pilgrims departed the llorin international Airport on board a Max Airline Boeing 747 Aircraft  at about 11am. on Sunday.

Among the last batch of the intending pilgrims include the state 2018 AMIRUL Hajj, Prof Halidu Abubakar, the Executive Secretary of the Board, Alhaji Mohammed Tunde-Jimoh and other officials.

No fewer than 1, 600 intending pilgrims who travelled through the State Muslims pilgrims Welfare Board  are expected to perform the 2018 Hajj. (NAN)

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Edited by Kamal Tayo Oropo/Tukur Muntari.