The late Muhammad Sanusi Barkindo in a handshake with President Muhammadu Buhari at the State House earlier on Tuesday before he passed on
The Secretary-General of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Muhammad Sanusi Barkindo, is dead. Sources close to the family said he died at about 11:00p.m. on Tuesday. He was aged 63.
His death was announced in the early hours of Wednesday by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) GMD, Mr Mele Kyari, who described his departure as a great loss to his immediate family, NNPC Nigeria, OPEC and global energy community.
In a statement on his verified twitter handle, @MKKyari, at 4.32am Wednesday, the NNPC GMD wrote: “We lost our esteemed Dr Muhammad Sanusi Barkindo. He died at about 11:00p.m. yesterday July 5, 2022.
Certainly, a great loss to his immediate family, the NNPC, our country Nigeria, the OPEC and the global energy community. Burial arrangements will be announced shortly,”
Though the cause of his death was not disclosed in the tweet, Barkindo was received at the State House Tuesday by President Muhammadu Buhari, who lauded the outgoing OPEC secretary general’s six-year tenure and described him as a worthy ambassador of Nigeria.
