Mailafia insists gov leads Boko Haram, NGF seeks probe

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James Abraham, Jos A former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Dr Obadiah Mailafia, on Wednesday said he won’t retract 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.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.A public peace advocate, Rev Para-Mallam, signed for his release at the end of his encounter with the DSS.

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

 

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