Last Batch Of Kwara Pilgrims Returns Home

All the 3,550 pilgrims from Kwara State that performed this year’s hajj in Saudi Arabia have returned home.

The last batch of the pilgrims who were transported back to Ilorin, the state capital, arrived at the Ilorin International Airport at 9am yesterday.

The Air Peace’s aircraft that transported the remaining 272 Kwara State pilgrims departed Jeddah International Airport in Saudi Arabia at about 2:30 am on Saturday.

LEADERSHIP Sunday reports that all the pilgrims were in high spirit as they were received by their relatives and well-wishers at the Ilorin International Airport.

The executive secretary of Kwara State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board, Alh AbdulSalam AbdulKadir who arrived alongside others, said 272 pilgrims were on board the Air Peace aircraft.

“A total of 272 Kwara pilgrims were on board the Air Peace aircraft from Jeddah Airport. With this last return flight, the 3,550 pilgrims that performed this year’s hajj through the Kwara State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board have all arrived Ilorin,” AbdulKadir stated.