Former Nigerian Minister of Petroleum, Dr. Rilwanu Lukman  died this morning in Vienna Austria, he was 76 years old.

The family is said to be making  arrangements to fly his corpse back to Nigeria for burial any moment from now .

Rilwanu Lukman was a Nigerian engineer who held several ministerial positions in the Nigerian Federal government before becoming Secretary General of OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) from 1 January 1995 to 31 December 2000.

On 18 December 2008, Lukman was appointed Minister of Petroleum Resources by Nigerian president Umaru Yar’Adua, holding office until March 2010.

Lukman was born in Zaria, Kaduna State on 26 August 1938.