The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Barau I Jibrin and the immediate past National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, on Monday evening departed Abuja for Madina, Saudi Arabia, to attend the burial of elder statesman, Alhaji Aminu Dantata.
The elder statesman will be buried on Tuesday. According to a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ismail Mudashir, Senator Barau departed the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport ,Abuja around 9 p.m.
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.