I will die for Nigeria, Nigerian Gov leads Boko Haram – Mailafia Insists

 

A former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Dr Obadiah Mailafia, on Wednesday, averred that he won’t swallow his statement that a northern governor is the leader of Boko Haram.

 

Mailafia spoke with journalists shortly after he was released by the Department of State Services, which grilled him for more than six hours at their Jos, Plateau State office.

 

 

He said there was no need for him to retract anything.

 

Mailafia was invited by the DSS on Wednesday following an interview he granted to an Abuja radio station during which he said a northern governor was the commander of Boko Haram.

 

Mailafia, who arrived at the office the DSS office around 12.30pm, was not released until 6.40pm

 

A public peace advocate, Rev Para-Mallam, signed for his release at the end of his encounter with the DSS.

 

Mailafia said he would not keep silent in the face of the current security challenges facing the country even if it meant for him to die. He called for an end to the killings in Southern Kaduna and other parts of the country.

 

On his claim, Mailafia said, “If I retract anything, I won’t be able to leave this place. I am a man of peace, I am not a man of violence.

 

 

“I must never give up on Nigeria, if need be, I will die for Nigeria.”

 

Meanwhile, the Northern Governors Forum has called for an investigation into the allegation made by Mailafiya.

 

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