Newsonline reports that a Nigerian economist who served as deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Obadiah Mailafia is dead.
A report monitored on Peoples Gazette by Newsonline Nigeria, quoted family sources to have said that Obadiah Mailafia on Sunday morning, September 19, at the National Hospital in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital.
The report added that the 64-year-old Obadiah Mailafia was certified dead by a medical doctor at the nation’s foremost public health facility.
The late Mailafia, Newsonline understands hailed from Randa, in the Christian-dominated Southern Kaduna, and taught economics at different institutions.
The former CBN Deputy Governor spent the latter part of his years advocating for a solution to the protracted killings in Southern Kaduna, which had been linked to armed herdsmen of Fulani origin.
Obadiah Mailafia became a frontline critic of President Muhammadu Buhari and security agencies as part of his advocacy and was recently invited by the State Security Service to explain some of his on-air comments about deliberate violence across the country.
Recall that Obadiah Mailafia stirred controversy after he granted an interview accusing most top government officials of sponsoring terrorism in Nigeria.
Confirming his death, Fani-Kayode on his Twitter page wrote: “I am saddened by the passing of my dear friend & brother Mr. Obadiah Mailafiya who was one of the most powerful and progressive voices in our country. I was informed that he passed on this morning. He was a great nationalist, a believer in Nigeria, a kind and gentle soul.”
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