Justice Abubakar Abdulkadir Jega, a judge of the Court of Appeal, is among the over 717 pilgrims killed in Thursday stampede in Mina, Saudi Arabia.

Family sources confirmed to Daily Trust that his body was found at the morgue in Mina.

‎Justice Jega was a member of the Kebbi State Government delegation to 2015 hajj.

The deceased is a brother to immediate past chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission Professor Attahiru Jega and Daily Trust's Deputy Editor-In-Chief Malam Mahmud Jega.

Nigerian officials joined other countries' hajj officials ‎in Mina morgue to identify their nationalities.

The Nigerian hajj officials are still compiling the list of Nigerians affected.

Other prominent Nigerians so far confirmed killed in the stampede include the ‎Deputy Secretary General of the Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs Professor Tijjani Abubakar El-Miskin as well as veteran journalist and prominent civil society activist Hajiya Bilkisu.

The deadly stampede occurred while pilgrims were on their way to perform the symbolic hajj ritual of "stoning of the devil" at the Jamarat Bridge outside Makkah, in Saudi Arabia.

http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/news/general/justice-jega-dies-in-hajj-stampede/112440.html

Damn!

Eeyyaahh

#tears

Those who live in glass houses dont throw stones especially at the devil

Rest in Peace Alhaji Jega.

Op, picture please, else adonbillivit!

Should i say devil don stone them back. RIP SIR

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May his soul rest in perfect peace.

uwa1:
May his soul rest in perfect peace.

amen!

one less potential terorist to watch for