The Secretary-General of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Muhammad Sanusi Barkindo, has been confirmed dead, a few hours after President Muhammadu Buhari hosted him at a reception at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa on Tuesday, IgbereTV reports
The Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mele Kyari, who announced the death of the 63-year-old Barkindo on his verified Twitter account early on Wednesday morning, said he died at about 11pm at an undisclosed hospital.
Though he did not give details into the death of the OPEC Secretary-General, Kyari described his demise as a great loss to his immediate family, NNPC Nigeria, OPEC and the global energy community
