Press Release
The Chairman of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), Alhaji Zikirullah Kunle Hassan has sent a condolence letter to the government and people of Sokoto state over the bandits’ attack on pilgrims from Isa local government travelling to Sokoto for take-off to Saudi Arabia for 2022 Hajj.
The unfortunate incident occurred on Monday, June 20, 2022 where three security escorts lost their lives. All intending pilgrims in the convoy however escaped safely from the attempted kidnap.
In his letter to the Sokoto state Governor, Alhaji Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, Alhaji Hassan joined the government in this moment of grief and prayed the Almighty to assist the federal and state governments in ending the bloodbath and all forms of atrocities being perpetrated in the country.
A statement from the spokesperson of NAHCON Fatima Sanda Usara on Wednesday said the NAHCON chairman lamented the unfortunate situation and “prayed for the repose of the souls of gallant men that sacrificed their lives in the incident”. He also prayed for their families to have strength to bear the loss.
Meanwhile, the NAHCON Chairman in a postmortem meeting with Secretary of NAHCON’s Central Security Committee (CSC) instructed the CSC to intensify collaboration between them and state governments ostensibly to safeguard pilgrims wherever they are in the country.
He also called on other states of the federation to reinforce security around pilgrims’ camps and their movements.
Alhaji Hassan reminded state chief executives that safety of the pilgrims and their escorts are their primary responsibilities consequently it should be taken with extra dedication.
The NAHCON helmsman pledged that the Commission is ever ready to support the states in any way possible in the discharge of this all importanttask.
Fatima SandaUsara,
AD, Public Affairs,
NAHCON
