Ex-CBN Deputy Governor Obadiah Mailafia is dead

Obadiah Mailafia, a Nigerian economist and former Deputy Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has died.

Mr Mailafia, 64, died on Sunday morning at the National Hospital, Abuja. He was certified dead by a medical doctor at the nation’s foremost public health facility.

Mr Mailafia hailed from Randa, in the Christian-dominated Southern Kaduna, and taught economics at different institutions.

He 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.

He became a frontline critic of President Muhammadu Buhari and security agencies as part of his advocacy.

He was recently invited by the Department of State Service to explain some of his on-air comments about deliberate violence across the country.

Dr Mailafia a renowned Public Affairs Analyst was the presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress in the 2019 presidential election.

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