Deputy Senate President Barau I Jibrin and the immediate past National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, have arrived Madina, Saudi Arabia, for the funeral rites of elder statesman, Alhaji Aminu Dantata.
The Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ismail Mudashir, to the Deputy Senate President, said they landed at the Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz International Airport, Madina, at 5:15 am Saudi Arabian time.
Dantata, a towering figure in Nigerian business and philanthropy, will be laid to rest today in the Islamic holy city of Madina.
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Also on the trip are the Kano State Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Prince Abdullahi Abbas, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Tertiary Institutions and TETFUND, Senator Muntari Dandutse and the Deputy Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Rt Hon Ali Madaki.
Others are the member of the House of Representatives, Makoda/ Dambatta Federal Constituency of Kano State, Eng Hamisu Ibrahim Chidari, the son of Alhaji Aminu Dantata, Ahmad Munzali Dantata, Usman Yahaya Kansila, and Hon. Sani Bala, among others.