The death toll of Nigerians, who died in the September 24 Muna stampede near Makkah, was yesterday put at 145.

Last Thursday when the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), gave an update on the inci­dent, it put the figure at 99, while it said 214 Nigerians were still missing at the time.

But by Sunday evening it said of 345 Nigerians, who were affected in the stampede, 145 had been certified, dead, 35 injured, while 165, were yet to be accounted for.

It also revealed that sev­en Nigerians were still re­sponding to treatment in the hospital, in Makkah.

These were disclosed by the Commissioner, in charge of Planning, Re­search, Statistics, Informa­tion and Library Service (PRSILS) of the commis­sion, Dr. Saleh Okenwa, while speaking at a joint press conference of the top management of the com­mission, and the Chargé d’Affaires Nigerian Em­bassy in Riyadh, Ambas­sador Tijjani Hammanjoda, and the Nigerian Consul General to Saudi Arabia, Ambassador Ahmed Umar.

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