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.
The President…spent quality time at the Mosque of the Holy Prophet Muhammed, Islam’s second holiest, engaging in prayers and recitation of the Holy Qur’an.
The Nigerian leader urged Muslims to reflect on the historic significance of the Hijrah and the overall teachings of the Holy Prophet.
