Maikanti Baru, the immediate past Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has died.
GMD of the corporation, Mele Kyari, announced Baru’s death on Saturday morning.
The former NNPC boss was said to have died late last night.
In a tweet via his official Twitter handle, Kyari described his predecessor as a brother, friend and mentor.
He said, “My brother, my friend and my mentor, Dr. Kachalla Baru, immediate past GMD of NNPC died late last night.