HAJJ 2025: LAGOS AIRLIFTS 1,062 INTENDING PILGRIMS AS THIRD FLIGHT LANDS SAFELY IN MADINAH WITH 291 PILGRIMS
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Agency report
The third flight conveying 291 Lagos State intending pilgrims embarking on the Y2025 Holy pilgrimage, has landed safely at the King AbdulAziz International Airport, Madinah, Saudi Arabia, on Thursday.
The FLYNAS Airbus A-330-300 with registration number XY8416 departed Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, at 5.07 pm Nigerian time with 143 males and 148 females from Lagos in addition to 95 males and females from Osun State, making it a total number of 386 intending pilgrims aboard the flight. The plane landed at 1.45 am Saudi Arabian time.
Recall that the total number of Lagos intending pilgrims is 1,432. Thus, with the safe arrival of the third flight, Lagos State has successfully airlifted 1,062 pilgrims to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, while the remaining 372 are expected to be airlifted on or before Saturday, May 17.
While addressing the intending pilgrims before departure, the Commissioner for Home Affairs/Amir-ul-Hajj, Hon. Olanrewaju Ibrahim Layode, restated the welfare packages promised by the administration of Governor Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu and his deputy, Dr. Kadri Obafemi Hamzat.
These, according to him, included payment for their Hadiyah (sacrificial rams), monetisation of the Ihram clothing, Ziyarah (transportation to historical sites), etc, stressing that all the promises made by the Governor shall be fulfilled when everyone completely arrives at the Kingdom.
Layode urged them to obey the rules and regulations guiding their stay in the foreign land and avoid any negative tendencies that could bring disrepute or tarnish the image of the State and Nigeria in general.
Meanwhile, the fourth flight, expected to depart on Friday according to the airlifting schedule, had been cancelled and rescheduled for Saturday, May 28.
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