Breaking News: First Batch of Nigerian Pilgrims depart for Saudi Arabia -Photos

 

 

The Inaugural flight to Saudi Arabia for the 2022 hajj has taken off from Maiduguri the Borno state capital.

 

This is the first flight that conveys over five hundred pilgrims including some officials of the National Hajj commission as well as the state Pilgrims Welfare Boards.

 

 

Officials are already on ground in both Madina and Jiddrh to receive the pilgrims.

 

See more photos from the event.