Barely 24 hours to the start of the inbound flight of Nigerian pilgrims back home the country was visited with a great loss.
One of the clerics on the Council of ulamas team from Gombe Dr Abdulrahman Maigona has passed away this evening at the NAHCON Clinic in Misfala Makka.
Sheikh Dr Abdulrahman manga died at NAMMA MAWADDA HOTEL where the NAHCON hospital is being operated in Makka.
Dr Abdulrahman Maigona hails from Gombe State as revealed in a statement by the Head of Media, Gombe state Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board Hajiya Hauwa Mohammad.
The full statement reads.
PRESS RELEASE
With total submission to the will of Allah.
The death of Alhaji Dr Abdulrahaman Umar Mai Gona occurred today in Saudi after a brief illness.
Who is a newly appointed board member of Gombe State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board by the Executive Governor of Gombe State Alhaji Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, and also a lecturer in the Department of Islamic Studies, Gombe State University? A statement from the Executive Secretary Gombe State Muslim Pilgrims Board, Alh. Sajid Hassan Adamu.
The Board is on its feet in ensuring his timely burial as stipulated in Islam. May his soul rest in peace.
Sign Hauwa Mohammed. Head of media (MPWB Gombe).
