The remains of the former Minister of Transport in the second republic, Alhaji Umaru Dikko, has been laid to rest in Zaria, Kaduna State on Tuesday.
Dikko, who was crated by the Buhari/Idiagbon administration in 1984 to be deported to Nigeria to answer alleged corruption charges, died last week Tuesday in his London residence at the age of 78. After much delay in London, Dikko’s body finally arrived on Tuesday and was laid in state at his Coronation residence in Kaduna at about 11.00am.
The corpse departed Kaduna at about 12.30pm for onward journey to Zaria, his country home and arrived at the Emir of Zazzau’s Palace where prayers were offered for the repose of his soul. By 2.20pm after the prayers, Dikko’s remains was interred at the Zaria City Cemetery along old Jos.
Among the dignitaries that attended the funeral were the former National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and now APC chieftain, Audu Ogbeh, Secretary to Kaduna State Government, Hamza Danmahawayi, who represented Governor Muktar Yero and the Minister of Special Duties, Mr Tanimu Turaki who represented President Goodluck Jonathan.
Dikko, until his death, was the chairman of the Disciplinary Committee of the PDP.
