when the last flight carrying 180 pilgrims was taking off with one of them carrying a seven-month pregnancy, while the other was carrying six months pregnancy. This brought to a total of 10 pregnant women from the state discovered during the airlift operation.
Th e two detected yesterday like the previous eight were promptly barred from embarking on the spiritual journey to Saudi Arabia to perform Hajj, which is the fifth pillar of the religion of Islam. In a related development, the state Amirul Hajj, Hon. Kawuwa Shehu Damina, who is also the speaker of the state house of assembly has expressed satisfaction with the successful completion of the airlift operation from Bauchi, despite the challenges faced during the operation. According to him, “with this last flight about to take off now, all intending pilgrims from the state have been airlifted to the Holy Land,” adding that everyone involved in the operation worked hard to achieve this.
He, therefore, expressed appreciation to officials of the state pilgrim board, members of the Amirul Hajj committee, as well as journalists for a job well done. He said the pilgrims from the state already in Saudi Arabia were being conveyed to Mecca for the Hajj rites, which formally begin on Wednesday, adding that the last batch would fl y to Jeddah instead of Medina where the previous fl ights flew to directly from Bauchi.
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