The federal government’s delegation led by the Minister of Defence, Alhaji Muhammad Badaru Abubakar, has arrived in Saudi Arabia to receive the remains of late business icon and elder statesman, Alhaji Aminu Dantata, ahead of his funeral in the holy city of Madina.

The delegation, which left Nigeria late sunday arrived Madina in the early hours of Monday.

According to Rabiu Ibrahim, Special Assistant to the Minister of Information and National Orientation, the delegation includes the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Prince Lateef Fagbemi, SAN; the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, and the Minister of State of Housing Development, Honourable 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.

The delegation is joined by members of the Nigerian consulate general in Jeddah led by Ambassador Muazzam Ibrahim Nayaya, who had been making arrangements for the funeral scheduled to take place later on Monday.