President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has appointed a 4-member Federal Government delegation to attend the burial of the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Sultan bin Abdul-Aziz Al-Saud, who died last Friday. The burial is scheduled for 1600 (Saudi Time) tomorrow, October 25, 2011.
The delegation to be led by the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammed Saad Abubakar III will depart from the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport , Abuja at midnight today, October 24, 2011.
Other members of the delegation are the Minister of Defence, Alhaji Haliru Bello Mohammed, the Minister of State II, Foreign Affairs, Dr. Nuruddeen Mohammed and Prof. Daoud Naibi.