According to him, the total number of the passengers on board comprised 301 males and 173 females.
He stressed that the pilgrims were expected to pray for global peace and harmony while in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to Abuja after an eight-day official visit to Saudi Arabia, where he also performed the Umrah.
The president, alongside his aides, some traditional rulers and religious leaders, performed Umrah rituals, amid tight security, upon his arrival at the Grand Mosque in Mecca.
Mr Buhari, accompanied by some of his aides, is expected to perform the lesser pilgrimage immediately after arriving in Mecca late Wednesday night.
A Nigerian pilgrim, Aisha Ahmed, from Keffi Local Government Area of Nasarawa state, died in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday.
The 2,009 pilgrims from Borno, Nasarawa and the FCT, are from the 43,000 Hajj slots allocated to Nigeria by Saudi Arabia.
The medical expert said abstinence from food and drink enables the body to detoxify itself through the liver, gastrointestinal tract and the kidney, supported by the lungs and skin.
Mr Hassan urged intending pilgrims from Nigeria to be law-abiding whenever they were in Saudi Arabia for Hajj or Umrah.
