Aminu Alhassan Dantata Is Dead

Nigerian billionaire and philanthropist Alhaji Aminu Alhassan Dantata is dead.

Naija News reports that his death at the age of 94, was announced on Saturday by his Principal Private Secretary, Mustapha Abdullahi Junaid.

Junaid disclosed that details about his burial would be announced later.

“Innalillahi wa inna ilaihi rajiun. Innalillahi wa inna ilaihi rajiun. It is with heavy heart that I announce the passing of our beloved father Alhaji Aminu Alhassan Dantata. May Allah grant him Jannatul Firdaus and forgive his shortcomings. The Janazah details will be shared later insha Allah,” he wrote.

Alhaji Dantata, who was the founder of Express Petroleum & Gas Company Ltd., is also credited with having played a key role in the establishment of Nigeria’s first non-interest (Islamic) bank, Jaiz Bank.

The elder statesman was also a member of the Constitution Drafting Committee that prepared Nigeria’s 1979 Constitution.

In another news, this platform earlier reported that a former senator and ex-governor of Kwara State, Cornelius Olatunji Adebayo, has died at age 84.

Naija News learnt that family sources who confirmed Adebayo’s death to the Cable said the ex-governor died early on Wednesday morning in Abuja.

The deceased was born on February 24, 1941, in Igbaja community of Kwara and became the governor of the state in 1983.

He served as Minister of Communications from 2003 to 2006 and was elected a senator on the Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN) platform in 1979.

Adebayo was a member of the National Democratic Coalition (NADECO) as pro-democracy activists sought to reclaim the mandate handed to MKO Abiola in the June 12, 1993, presidential election.