One of Nigeria’s wealthiest businessmen, Aminu Dantata, is set to be buried in Saudi Arabia later after he died on Saturday in the United Arab Emirates.

One of Nigeria’s wealthiest businessmen, Aminu Dantata, is set to be buried in Saudi Arabia later after he died on Saturday in the United Arab Emirates.

Business mogul Dantata, 94, an uncle of Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote, leaves three wives, 21 children and 121 grandchildren.His body was transferred from Abu Dhabi where he died to the holy city of Medina after Saudi authorities approved his burial in their country.It was his wish to be buried in a city he adored and where Islam’s prophet Muhammad lived and died.Born on May 19, 1931 in Kano, Alhaji Aminu Dantata was a major figure in Nigeria’s business landscape for decades.

He was a respected industrialist and a key player in the country’s private sector growth.

Note: Aminu Dantata is Dangote Uncle from his mother’s side and the son of Al Hassan Dantata who was in his time the richest man in West Africa.Al Hassan Dantata, Dangote maternal grandfather was the one who gave him the sum of 500, 000 naira in 1977 as capital to start a business after learning trade under him.