Muhammad Sanusi Barkindo (63), of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), is dead.
Brand Spur Nigeria learnt that Barkindo died after giving a speech at the ongoing Nigeria oil and gas conference (NOG)
Confirming Barkindo’s Death, Mallam Mele Kyari, group managing director of NNPC Ltd in a tweet Wednesday morning said, “We lost our esteemed Dr Muhammad Sanusi Barkindo. He died at about 11pm yesterday 5th July 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”.
We lost our esteemed Dr Muhammad Sanusi Barkindo. He died at about 11pm yesterday 5th July 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.
— Mele Kyari (@MKKyari) July 6, 2022
Barkindo is the third ex-NNPC GMD to have passed on in two years — Maikanti Baru died in May 2020 and Joseph Dawha in August 2020.
His second term at OPEC ends on July 31, 2022.
