Breaking News: Immediate past NNPC GMD, Maikanti Baru, is dead

The immediate past group managing director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Maikanti Baru,  is dead.

He was 60 years old as at the time of his death, and only two months away from his 61st birthday.

This was disclosed by Mele Kyari, the current GMD of the state-run oil company.

“My brother, my friend and my mentor, Dr Maikanti Kachalla Baru, immediate past GMD of NNPC died late last night,” Kyari said.

“He was of exemplary character and disposition. May Allah forgive him and have mercy upon him.”

The circumstances surrounding the death of Baru are yet unclear.