Professor Jega Reportedly Loses His Brother During Hajj Stampede.

How tragic… The brother of former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Attahiru Jega, Abdulkadir Jega, has been confirmed as one of the unfortunate people who died in the recent Hajj stampede.

Vanguard reports that the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Mahmud Mohammed on Saturday, disclosed that two Court of Appeal Justices were among those that died during the stampede that led to the death of over 700 persons at Mina, Saudi Arabia on Thursday.

‎In a statement, the CJN, 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.