By Kayode Sanni-Arewa
National Hajj Commission of Nigeria says a total of 18,906 pilgrims have been airlifted for the 2024/1445 Holy pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia.
The agency disclosed this in a Day 11 airlift update on Saturday.
The airlifting of the aforementioned number of pilgrims had taken place in 45 flights.
NAHCON on its X handle, #nigeriahajjcom gave the update.
A post shared earlier gave a pictorial breakdown of the total number of already airlifted pilgrims per state, flight and gender.
“Today, Air Peace flight APK7920 departed from Lagos to Madinah at 11:45hrs, carrying 298 pilgrims from Edo State. The group consists of 162 males and 136 females.