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Hajj 2019: 2,737 Nigerians Back Home Out Of 45,450, Says National Hajj Commission

Updated Aug 20 2019 11:08 am

The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has so far transported 2,737 people back to Nigeria out of some 45,450 Nigerians, who performed hajj in Saudi Arabia this year.

Four hundred and twenty-eight pilgrims from Lagos State and four from Oyo State departed Jedda on Tuesday aboard a Flynas Airways flight back to Nigeria.

The flight brings the number of flights that have departed the holy land to six, the command and control centre of NAHCON announced in a statement in Makkah, Saudi Arabia on Tuesday.

Speaking on the condition of anonymity, an officer of NAHCON, told the News Agency of Nigeria: â€œNobody can say for now when the return flights will end. However, we are looking at mid-September for the completion of the exercise."

Over 40,000 people made the pilgrimage through NAHCON, while 18,000 others travelled using private tour operators.

Meanwhile, many of the pilgrims, including journalists, who have spent more than one month, covering the hajj, have expressed their desire to return home.

Some of them told the news agency that their families wanted to know when they would return home, after the Arafat and Eid-el-Kabir festival.

Pilgrims from Abuja are expected to be flown home on August 23, according to the agency's source familiar with the flight operations.

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