The first batch of pilgrims from Kwara State, North Central Nigeria who performed this year’s Hajj in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, have landed safely at the Babatunde Idi-Agbon International Airport, Ilorin.
Three hundred and thirteen (313) pilgrims, were on board an Air-Peace flight Number APK 7911 which departed the King Abdulaziz International Airport, Jeddah in Saudi Arabia at about midnight Saudi Arabian time and touched down at twenty-two minutes past seven on Friday morning in Ilorin.
The Pilgrims were led by two female officials of the state Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board, Hajia Ahmed Hassana Mariam and Hajia Otunyo Habibat.
Speaking with VON in a telephone conversation, the Chairman of the Pilgrims Welfare Board, Professor Mashood Mahmud-Jimba assured the remaining pilgrims that they would be airlifted by the schedule of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria. (NAHCON)
It would be recalled that Kwara state airlifted a total of 3102 pilgrims for the holy pilgrimage exercise this year.
Lantana Nasir
