From Aidoghie Paulinus, Abuja
A federal government delegation has arrived in Saudi Arabia for the burial of business mogul, Alhaji Aminu Dantata.
The burial is scheduled to take place in Madina, Saudi Arabia.
Dantata died in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on Saturday at the age of 94.
The Special Assistant to the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Rabiu Ibrahim, in a statement issued in Abuja, said the delegation arrived in Saudi Arabia to receive the remains of Dantata ahead of his funeral in the Islamic holy city of Madinah.
The delegation, which left Nigeria late on Sunday, arrived in Madinah in the early hours of Monday.
Led by the Minister of Defence and former governor of Jigawa State, Alhaji Muhammad Badaru Abubakar, the delegation consists of the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Lateef Fagbemi; Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris; and Minister of State for Housing Development, Yusuf Abdullahi Ata.
Also in the delegation are prominent Islamic clerics, Dr Bashir Aliyu Umar, Sheikh Aminu Ibrahim Daurawa, and Khalifa Abdullahi Muhammad, Imam of Dantata Mosque, Abuja.
Ibrahim also stated that the delegation is joined by staff of the Consulate-General of Nigeria in Jeddah, led by Ambassador Muazzam Ibrahim Nayaya, who had been making arrangements for the funeral scheduled to take place later today.