BY EDMOND ODOK – Ahead of today’s planned funeral in the Islamic holy city of Madinah, a Federal Government delegation has arrived in Saudi Arabia, to receive the remains of late business icon and elder statesman, Alhaji Aminu Dantata.
Led by the Minister of Defence and former Governor of Jigawa State, Alhaji Muhammad Badaru Abubakar, the delegation, which left Nigeria late on Sunday, arrived Madinah in the early hours of Monday.
Also in the delegation are Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Prince Lateef Fagbemi (SAN); Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris; and Minister of State of Housing Development, Honourable Yusuf Abdullahi Ata.
According to a statement by Rabiu Ibrahim, Special Assistant to the Honourable Minister of Information and National Orientation, other team members include prominent Islamic clerics, Dr Bashir Aliyu Umar, Sheikh Aminu Ibrahim Daurawa and Khalifa Abdullahi Muhammad, Imam of Dantata Mosque, Abuja.
The statement further disclosed that the delegation is joined by members of the Nigerian consulate general in Jeddah led by Ambassador Muazzam Ibrahim Nayaya, who have been making arrangements for the funeral scheduled to take place later today, Monday, 30th June 2025.
