Justice Abubakar Abdulkadir Jega, a judge of the Court of Appeal, and sibling to the former chairman of INEC, Prof Atahiru Jega, is among the over 717 pilgrims killed in Thursday stampede in Mina, Saudi Arabia THE RECORDER can authoritatively confirm
Family sources confirmed his body was found at the morgue in Mina.
Justice Jega was a member of the Kebbi State Government delegation to 2015 hajj.
Nigerian officials joined other countries’ hajj officials in Mina morgue to identify their nationalities.
The Nigerian hajj officials are still compiling the list of Nigerians affected.
Other prominent Nigerians so far confirmed killed in the stampede include the Deputy Secretary General of the Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs Professor Tijjani Abubakar El-Miskin as well as veteran journalist and prominent civil society activist Hajiya Bilkisu.
