The total number of pilgrims so far lifted from Oyo State to the holy land of Mecca is now 655.
The pilgrims were lifted to Mecca in four flights.
In a statement by the state commissioner for Information, Dr Wasiu Olatunbosun the last batch of Sixty-three pilgrims from Oyo State arrived Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Tuesday morning via a Boeing 747 jumbo jet.
He added that government functionaries on the flight include the Executive Secretary , Oyo state Primary Health board , Dr Muhideen Olatunji, board members of the Oyo State Pilgrims Welfare Board, Muslim wing, Alh Abdulmajeed Akinwumi and Alh Abdrahman Abubakri.
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