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Popular Nigerian Businessman, Aminu Dantata Dies At 94
Kano businessman and philanthropist, Alhaji Aminu Dantata, is dead.
He died at the age of 94.
His death was confirmed on Saturday by Deputy National Treasurer of the Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA), Uba Tanko Mijinyawa, in a Facebook post.
His message reads: “Inna Lillahi wa’inna ilaihi Raji’un. Allah ya yi wa babanmu Dattijo, Alhaji Aminu Alhassan Dantata, rasuwa. Muna addu’a Allah ya jikan sa, ya gafarta masa. Za a sanar da lokacin jana’izarsa.”
(Translation: “Indeed, we belong to Allah and Him we shall return. May Allah have mercy on our father and elder, Alhaji Aminu Alhassan Dantata. We pray for his forgiveness. The time of his funeral will be announced.”)
He said details of the late Dantata’s Muslim funeral prayer (Jana’iza) will be announced in due course.
Dantata was the founder of Express Petroleum & Gas Company Ltd.
He was also the brother of Alhaji Aliko Dangote’s grandfather.
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