Reports reaching us show that contrary to the official report by the Lagos State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board that no casualty was recorded among the pilgrims from the state in the stampede that occurred in Mina, on the way to Jamarat, where many pilgrims died, one of the pilgrims, Adeola Maurufudeen Adefolabi, is still missing.
Adefolabi, a lawmaker representing Ifako Ijaiye in the lower chamber of the National Assembly, according to information revealed to us, has not yet be found.
The former Chairman of Ifako Ijaiye and Ojokoro Local Government Areas of Lagos State was among those that embarked on the trip to Saudi Arabia.
This has left his family members and friends in disarray.
Classic Magazine learnt that Hon Adefolabi was last communicated with before the unfortunate disaster that claimed over 700 lives and all efforts made by family, friends and fellow pilgrims to locate the grass root political titan has proved abortive.
The 2015 Amir-ul- Hajj for the state, Dr AbdulHakeem AbdulLateef, who stated this in a statement on Monday, said no pilgrim from the state was missing when a head count was done at all the tents sheltering the over 3,000 pilgrims from the state in Mina, Saudi Arabia.
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