Abdulkadir Jega, The brother of the immediate
past Chairman of the Independent National
Electoral Commission, INEC, Attahiru Jega, has
been confirmed as one of the dead in the Hajj
stampede.
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice
Mahmud Mohammed, Saturday, disclosed that
two Court of Appeal Justices were among those
that died during the stampede that led to the
death of over 700 persons at Mina, Saudi
Arabia on Thursday.
In a statement, the CJN, gave the names of the deceased Justices as Abdulkadir Jega who is the Presiding Justice of the Abuja Division of the appellate court and Justice Musa Hassan Alkali of the Ilorin Division. Justice Mohammed, in a condolence message to their families, the Court of Appeal, the Judiciary and the Federal Republic of Nigeria, said it was with a deep sense of shock but with gratitude to Almighty Allah that he learnt of the death of the two justices.
In a statement, the CJN, gave the names of the deceased Justices as Abdulkadir Jega who is the Presiding Justice of the Abuja Division of the appellate court and Justice Musa Hassan Alkali of the Ilorin Division. Justice Mohammed, in a condolence message to their families, the Court of Appeal, the Judiciary and the Federal Republic of Nigeria, said it was with a deep sense of shock but with gratitude to Almighty Allah that he learnt of the death of the two justices.
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