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  • 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.

  • Boko Haram: DSS should invite El-Rufai not Obadiah – Omokri blasts

    Boko Haram: DSS should invite El-Rufai not Obadiah – Omokri blasts

    Reno Omokri, a former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, on Wednesday berated the Department of State Services, DSS, for inviting Mailafia Obadiah, former presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, over his revelation on Boko Haram.

    Obadiah, a former deputy governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has revealed that Boko Haram insurgents are plotting to cause a civil war in Nigeria in 2022.

    He also alleged that the terrorist group already has its members in the southern part of the country in preparation for the execution of their plans.

    Obadiah said the terrorists’ plot was disclosed to him by a repentant Boko Haram Commander, who had also told him that a Northern governor was heading the group.

    Following his revelation, the DSS had invited the former presidential candidate for questioning.

    Reacting, Omokri said Obadiah was the wrong person to invite for questioning.

    In a tweet, the former presidential aide said the DSS should have invited the Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai who once admitted paying killers to stop the attacks in his state.

    “Why would DSS invite Obadiah Mailafia? @Elrufai admitted on TV that he paid herdsmen not to kill in S Kaduna (they are still killing).

    “If DSS wants to know the identity of killer herdsmen, they should invite El-Rufai to tell them the identity of those he paid!,” he tweeted.