Nigeria’s renowned business mogul, Alhaji Aminu Dantata, has been laid to rest on Tuesday at the Al-Baqi Cemetery in Madinah, Saudi Arabia.
His burial was conducted after Jana’iza prayers held after Maghrib at the Prophet’s Mosque.
According to a statement from the Federal Ministry of Information and National Orientation, signed by Rabiu Ibrahim, Special Assistant (Media) to the Minister, the late patriarch’s body arrived in Madinah on Tuesday morning, accompanied by his son, Alhaji Tajudeen Dantata; his nephew, Alhaji Aliko Dangote; and other family members.
A high-level delegation from the Federal Government of Nigeria attended the funeral rites in the Islamic holy city. The delegation had departed Nigeria late Sunday, arriving in Madinah in the early hours of Monday.
The delegation was led by the Minister of Defence and former Jigawa State Governor, Alhaji Muhammad Badaru Abubakar. Other members included the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi, SAN; the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris; the Minister of State for Housing and Urban Development, Hon. Yusuf Abdullahi Ata; and the Director of Internal Security at the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA), Hassan Abdullahi, who represented the NSA.
Prominent Islamic clerics also accompanied the delegation, including Dr. Bashir Aliyu Umar, Sheikh Aminu Ibrahim Daurawa, and Khalifa Abdullahi Muhammad, Imam of the Dantata Mosque in Abuja.
