Breaking: Francis Johnson, PENGASSAN President, is dead

Tragedy struck the labour movement in Nigeria on Friday as the President, Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) Francis Johnson, is dead.

The General Secretary of the organisation, Okugbawa Lumumba, disclosed this to reporters on Friday.

He reportedly died in the early hours of Friday.

Johnson became President of PENGASSAN in 2014, and was said to have died after an ailment.

Lumumba said members of the union were on their way to pay a condolence visit to the family.