A female hajj pilgrim from Oyo State, who attended
the recently concluded 2019 hajj exercise, Saheed Anifat Foluke, reportedly absconded
after the holy pilgrimage.
The Chairman of the state Pilgrims Welfare Board,
Muslim Wing, Prof. Sahed Malik, made the disclosure while presenting the report
of the 2019 hajj operation to the state Governor, Seyi Makinde, at the
Governor's Office in Ibadan.
He said the disappearance of the pilgrim was
noticed when the board was preparing the last batch of pilgrims from the state
to King Abdul-Azeez International Airport, stating that all efforts to locate
the absconded woman through the address of her guarantor in Ibadan proved
abortive.
Malik, who recalled how the governor refunded N51,
000 to every pilgrim before departure to the holy land, lauded Makinde for the 2019 hitch-free hajj operation, and
called for speedy completion of the administrative building of the board at the
Olodo hajj camp.
The governor
pledged both personal and government's support to the Muslim welfare board to
deliver its mandate effectively.
A total of 914 pilgrims performed this year's hajj
exercise from the state.
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