Alhaji Aminu Dantata, a well-known businessman in Nigeria, is said to have lost his wife, Hajiya Rabi Aminu Dantata.
Mama Rabi, as she is affectionately called, passed away yesterday at a hospital in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, according to reports gathered by Naija News on Sunday.
Mama Rabi reportedly struggled with a long sickness. Sanusi Dantata, one of her grandkids, verified the terrible news that Mama Rabi had left mother earth..
“Please pray for our mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, Haj. Rabi, wife of Alh. Aminu Dantata, who died yesterday after a protracted illness!
“May Allah forgive her, accept her good deeds, and grant her the highest rank in Paradise, Ameen!
“Innalillahi Wa Inna Ilaihirrajiuun,” Dantata’s grandchild wrote on Twitter.
Mama Rabi is the biological mother of one of the popular children of Alhaji Aminu Dantata, Tajudeen Dantata.
She was the second wife of the foremost elder statesman. She died in her late 70s and left behind her husband and six children, among whom are; Tajjuddeen Dantata, Batulu Dantata, Hafsa Dantata, Jamila Dantata and Aliya Dantata. And many more grandchildren.