The Gombe State Muslim Pilgrims Board has announced the death of a lecturer at the state university, Dr Abdulrahaman Gona, in Saudi Arabia.
He died on Thursday in Makkah after completion of the hajj rites..
Mr Gona was a lecturer in the Department of Islamic Studies, Gombe State University.
He was a board member constituted by Governor Muhammadu Yahaya to airlift pilgrims to the holy land.
The death was announced in a statement by the board’s head of media, Hauwa Muhammad, on behalf of the executive secretary Sa’adu Adamu on Thursday.
Mr Gona died after a brief ailment, and would be buried based on Islamic tenets.
The statement partly read, “The death of Alhaji Dr Abdulrahaman Umar Mai Gona has occurred today in Saudi after a brief illness. Gona was a newly appointed Board Member, Gombe State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board, by the Governor of Gombe State, Alhaji Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya.
“He was also a lecturer in the Department of Islamic Studies, Gombe State University. The Board is on its feet in ensuring his timely burial as stipulated in Islam. May his soul rest in peace.”
