The leading Islamic scholar and business man of Kano Sheikh Ishaq Rabiu has died in a London hospital after an illness.
The remains of the Sheikh who is also a leader of Tijjaniyya Tariqah group in West Africa is due to arrive Nigeria on Wednesday.
The burial activities will commence as soon as the corpse arrives Kano.
Sheikh Ishaq Rabiu is survived by wives, children, grand children and great grand children.