Boko Haram Claim: DSS Invites Mailafia Again

The Department of State Services (DSS) has, for the third time, invited a former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Obadiah Mailafia.

According to the Nation, Mailafia disclosed that he had been asked by the DSS to be at its Plateau State head office in Jos on Monday.

The latest invitation may not be unconnected to his claim that Boko Haram members had told him a Northern state governor was one of their leaders.

He had disclosed this during an interview on a radio station, Nigeria Info.

The station was subsequently fined N5million for “unprofessional broadcast.”

He, however withdrew his comment, stating that he got it from a third party.

Mailafia said: “I have once again (for the 3rd time) been ordered to appear before the DSS at their Jos HQ this coming Monday 14th September at 11.00 am.”

He also claimed his life is in danger, as according to him, he spoke on behalf of the “martyrs” killed in the country over the years.

He said: “I spent over 20 years of my working life abroad as a university teacher, banker and international civil servant with unblemished record.”

“I have no criminal record — not even a parking ticket. Sadly, it is in my own fatherland that I’m being subjected to criminal investigation and such extreme political persecution.

“Please, pray for me. I have reasons to believe that my life is in danger and that some powerful political forces want to silence me forever for speaking the truth.

“For speaking on behalf of the Holy Martyrs — of thousands of innocent children, women, elderly and youths that have been killed in our beloved country.”

Only last month, the former presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) had approached a High Court in Plateau State for the enforcement of his fundamental rights to personal liberty and fair hearing in a bid to prevent the police from arresting him.