Prominent business tycoon, Alhaji Aminu Dantata, is mourning the loss of his granddaughter, Batulu Alhassan Baba Ahmad Dantata.
Batulu, aged 40, passed away in Kano after a long battle with sickle cell disease.
The deceased, who held a degree in Law, is survived by her mother, Hajiya Ummul Khair Aminu Dantata, the first daughter of Alhaji Aminu Dantata, and her father, Alhaji Baba Alhassan Ahmad Dantata.
A funeral service, known as Jana’iza prayer, was held for Batulu at the Koki Juma’at Mosque in Kano metropolis at 10 am on Tuesday.
This sad event follows the loss of Alhaji Aminu Dantata’s second wife, Hajia Rabi, in April of the same year.