Comrade Francis Olabode Johnson, President of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), was said to have complained of a slight headache minutes before he gave up the ghost in Port Harcourt, the capital city of Rivers State.
A source said that the PENGASSAN President complained of having a headache before he gave up the ghost.
“He (Johnson) died at midnight in Port Harcourt after he complained of a sudden headache,” he said.
“We tried to battle his life but before we knew what happened, he had given up the ghost”.
Since his death, there has been several reactions from the Trade Union Congress (TUC) in Lagos to confirm the death of the PENGASSAN President as they expressed it in great shock.
“Yes, i just confirmed his death now. I am in great shock. I will be meeting with the TUC president soon” one of them had said.
Mr Johnson was first elected as the President of Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) on June 30, 2014.
He was later re-elected in 2017 at the association’s fifth Triennial Delegates Conference, TDC, held in Abuja after defeating two other contestants; Mohammed Saleh and Emmanuel Eze.
Johnson, an employee of the NNPC was re-elected for a second term of 3 years that will have terminated in 2020.
He had led the members of PENGASSAN against the privatisation of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and led the struggle for the reform of the Nigerian oil sector.
