Nigeria, June 29 -- The Kano State Islamic Council of Ulama has observed a special funeral prayer for the late businessman and philanthropist, Aminu Dantata, who died on Saturday.

The "Ga'ib Prayers" is an Islamic funeral procession that is performed when the corpse of the deceased is not physically present.

The Chairman of the Kano State Council of Ulama, Sheikh Ibrahim Khalil, led the prayers at Umar Bin Khattab mosque.

Mr Dantata, a businessman and philanthropist, died on Saturday morning in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates.

He was 94.

Mr Dantata was the last surviving child of Alhassan Dantata.

PREMIUM TIMES learnt that the Dantata family are making arrangements for the deceased to be buried in Madinah, Saudi Arabia.

"His lo...