Second batch of Ogun hajj pilgrims arrive Gateway Airport

The 2nd batch of Ogun State pilgrims who participated successful the 2026 Hajj pilgrimage has successfully arrived astatine the Gateway International Airport, Iperu.

The 345 pilgrims, conveyed aboard an Airbus A330 operated by Flynas and arriving straight from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, landed successful Ogun State on Friday at precisely 5:12 p.m.

Recall that on Thursday, the archetypal batch of 345 pilgrims arrived successful Ogun State astatine 10 p.m.

Receiving the 2nd batch, the Amirul Hajj for the 2026 pilgrimage, Alhaji Shamsideen Apelogun, described the nonstop proscription from Saudi Arabia to the Gateway International Airport arsenic a singular accomplishment successful the past of Ogun State.

He expressed delight astatine being among the archetypal pilgrims to utilise the planetary airdrome for an planetary flight.

Apelogun besides appreciated the Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, for his fatherly enactment and unwavering committedness to the palmy completion of the 2026 Hajj pilgrimage successful Saudi Arabia.

He said, “Governor Abiodun was contiguous passim the pilgrims’ enactment successful Medina and Makkah, consistently reaching retired to inquire astir their payment and well-being to guarantee they were adequately cared for.”

He applauded the Ogun State pilgrims for their exemplary behaviour successful the Holy Land, noting that their subject and adherence to regulations earned the authorities commendation among Hajj stakeholders.<...