The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, NAHCON, on Sunday affirmed that 145 Nigerians have kicked the bucket so far in the Mecca rush which happened in September.
Preparation columnists in Mecca, NAHCON's magistrate responsible for Arranging, Exploration, Data and Library Administrations, Saleh Okenwa, said more assortments of Nigerians have been found which now make the aggregate number of dead Nigerian travelers to be 145.
He additionally said some of those 214 who were pronounced missing have been found dead, so the quantity of missing individuals right now stays 165. Numerous others are additionally at diverse Saudi healing centers getting medicines.
Despite the fact that Saudi Powers gave the figure of the individuals who passed on amid the rush to be 769 explorers, it is trusted that more than 1000 travelers kicked the bucket amid the charge, with Iran recording the most elevated causality of losing more than 400 pioneers in the rush.