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  • After DSS probe, Mailafia gets fresh Police invitation

    After DSS probe, Mailafia gets fresh Police invitation

    The Nigeria Police Force has formally invited a former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Dr. Obadiah Mailafia, to its Abuja office on Monday.

    The police probe comes despite a separate investigation of the former CBN governor by the Department of State Services.

    The DSS had last week invited Mailafia to its Jos office over comments he made during a radio interview wherein he stated that an unidentified northern governor was a Boko Haram commander.

    Mailafia, who was the Presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress in the last election, said he got the information from some former Boko Haram fighters.

    In an invitation letter addressed to Mailafia, however, the police did not reveal the reason for the invitation.

    The letter was signed by the Deputy Commissioner of Police (Admin) Umar Sanda, on behalf of the Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Force Criminal Investigation Department, Abuja.

    In the document with reference number 3000/X/FHQ/ABJ/VOl.245/8 dated August 20, 2020, the police asked Mailafia to be at the Force Criminal Investigation Department Complex, Garki Area 10, on Monday, August 24, 2020 by 11am.

    The letter titled, ‘Re: Investigation Activities, Police Investigation’, was marked ‘confidential’.

    The letter stated that we “wish to inform you that this office is investigating a case in which your name featured prominently.

    “In light of the above, you are invited to in an interview with the Deputy Inspector-General of Police, FCID Abuja, through the undersigned on Monday, August 24, 2020 by 11am at Room 407, 3rd Floor, FCID Complex, Area 10, Abuja.

    “Accept the assurances of the Deputy Inspector-General of Police, FCID.”

  • How I got information about Northern governor sponsoring Boko Haram – Mailafia

    How I got information about Northern governor sponsoring Boko Haram – Mailafia

    A former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Obadiah Mailafia, has admitted he got the information about a Northern Governor leading the Boko Haram insurgents from Fulani traders in a market.

    Mailafia was invited by the Department of State Services (DSS) over the claims.

    After his release from DSS custody, he refused to retract his statements and insisted he was ready to lay down his life like former South Africa president, Nelson Mandela.

    However, in an interview with BBC Hausa, Mailafia revealed he got the information from “some Fulani traders” in the market and did not know that his comments would go viral.

    Mailafia said he explained to the DSS what he knew about the incident and apologised for any statements he made that offended others.

    He added that he is a fan of President Muhammadu Buhari, “but there are bad people who don’t give him the advice to help him”.

    The Northern Governors Forum (NGF) has called on security agencies to investigate Mailafia’s allegations.

  • Govt sponsoring killings: Mailafia apologised profusely for his ignoble statement – DSS

    Govt sponsoring killings: Mailafia apologised profusely for his ignoble statement – DSS

    The Department of State Services has accused a former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Dr Obadiah Mailafia, of attempting to cause a breach of peace in the country.

    The service also berated the former development banker, saying he is “playing to the gallery.”

    Mailafia had in an interview with a radio station alleged that a Northern Governor was the commander of the Boko Haram terrorist group.

    He was subsequently invited by the Plateau State office of the DSS and interrogated for six hours and released.

    But Mailafia while addressing journalists after his visit to the secret police said he stood by his allegations.

    However, the DSS Public Relations Officer, Dr Peter Afunanya, in a statement on Friday, said Mailafia “apologised profusely” for his comments during questioning.

    He recalled that the DSS had earlier raised the alarm that some notable personalities were planning to cause a breakdown of law and order.

    The statement read, “With the latest occurrences in the country, Nigerians may have no reason to doubt the service’s earlier pronouncement.

    “Dr Obadiah Mailafia’s recent outburst aimed at playing to the gallery and creating unnecessary tension is a confirmation of his group’s desperation to breach the peace.”

    Afunanya said Mailafia, as a former Deputy Governor of the CBN and currently, a Directing Staff at the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, Kuru, has unhindered access to government platforms, noting that he should be conversant with official information management protocols.

    “But regrettably, he chose to cross the lines of decorum and conduct expected of a personality of his status.

    “It is disappointing that he never took advantage of these to reach any of the security or related agencies to share the so-called information at his disposal.

    “This, he has agreed to be a grievous error on his part. It, however, suggests his mischief and determination to use the fake news he spewed to incite the people under his control,” the spokesman said.

    He added, “It is even more condemnable that Mailafiya, who had profusely apologised during his visit to the Service’s Plateau State Command for his ignoble statement, would, afterward, announce to the world that he stood by his misguided eruption.”

    The secret police said it would not allow “disgruntled and aggrieved elements to take laws into their hands and cause mayhem in the polity.”

    The agency said it would not hesitate to, within the confines of the law, decisively deal with such persons or groups, no matter how highly placed, that may wish to test its resolve.

  • Boko Haram: Northern Governors demand probe of Mailafiya’s allegations

    Boko Haram: Northern Governors demand probe of Mailafiya’s allegations

    The Northern Governors Forum (NGF) have called on security agencies to investigate allegations made by a former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Dr Obadiah Mailafiya that one of them is a Commander of the Boko Haram sect.

    Chairman of the NGF and governor of Plateau State, Simon Bako Lalong made this known in a statement made available to TheNewsGuru.com, TNG on Thursday.

    TNG reports that Mailafiya in a live streamed interview with a radio station on Monday alleged two repentant terrorists identified a serving northern governor as a Boko Haram leader, an allegation the NGF finds implicative and deserves investigation.

    “….We as Northern Governors have met severally to discuss insecurity in the Northern Region and the nation at large where we did not only condemn the activities of terrorist groups such as Boko Haram, bandits, armed robbers, kidnappers and other criminals, but also engaged the President and all heads of security agencies in finding solutions to the problem…..”

    “To now say that one of our members is leading Boko Haram in Nigeria is a serious allegation that cannot be swept under the carpet. We demand immediate and thorough investigation”. Lalong said.

  • BREAKING: DSS finally release Mailafia after hours of interrogation (+ Video, Photos)

    BREAKING: DSS finally release Mailafia after hours of interrogation (+ Video, Photos)

    After hours of prolonged questioning, the Department of State Services office in Jos has released former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Dr Obadiah Mailafia.

    The invitation and interrogation are not unconnected to a recent interview he granted an Abuja radio station, 95.1FM.

    Mailafia said his comments about a governor being a commander of Bokoharam remains unchanged.

    Mailafia disclosed this to the press on Wednesday evening shortly after his questioning session with the department of state services in Jos, the Plateau State Capital.

    Obadiah was at the DSS office around 11 am on Wednesday to respond to questioning over his claims on the recent killings on southern Kaduna and the activities of Bokoharam terrorists in Nigeria.

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    “….the youth of this country are tired… I thank and appreciate them for their courage… You don’t know what this means… If I had retracted anything I wouldn’t have left this place……. Those killing people in this country are doing evil…. Mailafia said.

    Recall that Obadiah told a radio station on Monday that bandits attacking southern Kaduna are working for Bokoharam and are being led by a northern Governor. He also said that the bandits where govern cash and material logistics to wage a civil war in 2022.

  • Photos: Protesters storm DSS office over prolonged questioning of Mailafia

    Photos: Protesters storm DSS office over prolonged questioning of Mailafia

    Some aggrieved protesters on Wednesday stormed the Department of State Services office in Jos over prolonged questioning of former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Dr Obadiah Mailafia.

    The invitation is not unconnected to a recent interview he granted an Abuja radio station, 95.1FM.

    Bearing placards with inscriptions such as ‘Stop the killings, free Mailafia’, ‘Stop the killings and free OBED Mailafia,’ among others, the protesters demanded the immediate release of Mailafia.

  • Mailafia honours DSS invitation over comments on insecurity

    Mailafia honours DSS invitation over comments on insecurity

    A former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Dr Obadiah Mailafia on Wednesday honoured the invitation of the Department of State Security Service (DSS) over his comment that government is culpable for the ongoing killings and in Southern Kaduna.

    Dr Obadiah arrived at the Plateau State Command of the DSS Jos at exactly 12:45 pm along with a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Pius Akumbo and Plateau State chairman of Nigeria Bar Association, Saleh Bawa.

    Before his arrival at the premises of the DSS, the vicinity was besieged by his loyalists mostly members of different socio-cultural groups within the Middle Belt, including members of the Middle Belt Forum and Association of Middle Belt Ethnic Nationalities.

    Despite the heavy presence of men of the DSS, his loyalists insisted of remaining within the vicinity until he came out of the office of the DSS.

    As of the time of filing this report 3:08 pm on Wednesday, Dr Obadiah and his lawyer, Pius Akumbo SAN are still with the men of the Department of State Security Service (DSS) in Jos while his supporters keep waiting within the vicinity.