The late elder statesman and business icon, Alhaji Aminu Dantata, will be buried on Tuesday in Madinah, Saudi Arabia.
This was disclosed in a statement issued by Rabiu Ibrahim, Special Assistant (Media) to the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, on Monday.
The Minister of Defence, Alhaji Muhammad Badaru Abubakar, conveyed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s message of condolence to the family of the late elder statesman in Madinah, ahead of the burial.
The statement read in part, “The demise of Baba Aminu deeply touches President Tinubu. He prays that Allah grants him Aljannah Firdaus and gives the entire family the fortitude to bear the irreparable loss.”
Leading a delegation of top government officials, Abubakar was joined by the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Prince Lateef Fagbemi, SAN; Idris and the Minister of State for Housing and Urban Development, Yusuf Ata.