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Former INEC Chairman, Prof. Jega loses brother in Hajj stampede

Grief has struck the celebrated past Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Attahiru Jega, as his brother, Abdulkadir Jega, numbered among those who lost their lives in the Hajj stampede in Mina, near Mecca.
A statement released by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Mahmud Mohammed on Saturday announced that two Court of Appeal Justices — one of which is Abdulkadir Jega — were among those that died during the stampede that led to the death of over 700 persons at Mina, Saudi Arabia on Thursday.
‎The CJN, in a condolence message to their families, the Court of Appeal, the Judiciary and the entire country, 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.
He disclosed that 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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