Another pilgrim from Bauchi State performing 2012 Hajj died in Medina, Saudi Arabia on Saturday, our correspondent reports.
The pilgrim died after falling from a high rise building. And this brings to two the number of the state pilgrims who have died in the holy land this year.
The deceased was believed to have mistaken a window for the door of his room, and thus fell off the window to his untimely death.
A reliable source said the deceased had performed ablution for prayers and was about to leave for the mosque when he opened the window and fell from the high rise building to the ground.
The source further said that people immediately rushed to the scene to offer him medical assistance but he died on the spot.
