The immediate past Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr. Maikanti Kachalla Baru, is dead.
Baru who left the corporation less than a year ago died after a brief illness that lasted just about 48 hours, a source in the national oil company told newsmen.
He passed on at about 2 am on Saturday after suddenly falling ill on Thursday, it was learned.
The death of the engineer, who was 60 at the time of his passing was also confirmed by the current head of the corporation, Mr. Mele Kyari, on his twitter handles this morning.
He tweeted: “My brother, my friend and my mentor, Dr. Maikanti Kachalla Baru, immediate past GMD of NNPC died late last night”.
The former NNPC GMD died in Abuja.
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