A federal government delegation arrived in Saudi Arabia on Monday to receive the remains of late business icon and elder statesman, Aminu Dantata, ahead of his funeral in the Islamic holy city of Madinah.
Mr Dantata died in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on Saturday at the age of 94.
The delegation, which left Nigeria late on Sunday, arrived at Madinah in the early hours of Monday.
A statement from the Ministry of Information and National Orientationsaid the delegation is led by the Minister of Defence and former governor of Jigawa State, Badaru Abubakar. Others in delegation are the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Lateef Fagbemi, Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, and Minister of State of Housing Development, Yusuf Ata.
Also in the delegation are prominent Islamic clerics: Bashir Umar, Aminu Daurawa and Khalifa Muhammad, Imam of Dantata Mosque, Abuja.
The delegation is joined by members of the Nigerian consulate general in Jeddah, led by Muazzam Nayaya, who had been making arrangements for the funeral scheduled to take place later on Monday.
On Sunday, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia granted approval for the remains of Mr Dantata to be buried in Madinah.
Arewa News Flash reported that Mr Dantata’s long-term wish was to be laid to rest in the Holy Prophet’s city of Madinah when he died.
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