Nigeria has been thrown into mourning following the death of Presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in the 2019 election and former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Dr Obadiah Mailafia.
The story of his death became the object of discussions and reports in newsrooms and various Social Media platforms.
He was widely known as a development economist, public intellectual, political philosopher and international consultant,
Dr Mailafia, who was also one of President Muhammadu Buhari’s fierce critics, died after a brief illness.
In August 2020, Dr Mailafia was invited by the Department of State Services (DSS) for questioning over some allegations he made on the security situation in the country. He was released after six hours of grilling at the Jos office of the DSS.
It is not yet clear how the former CBN Deputy Governor passed on.
He was born on December 24, 1956 in Randa village, Sanga Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
He worked at the African Development Bank (AFDB) and served as CBN deputy governor between 2005 and 2007.
He started his education at Musha Sudan United Mission School from 1964 to 1969 and proceeded to Mada Hills Secondary School, Akwanga, Nasarawa, from 1970 to 1974. He later proceeded to Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, where he bagged a first-class degree in Economics.
Although he had made his mark as a technocrat, Mailafia became very famous in the country after he granted an interview where he said he was informed that a governor was the commander of Boko Haram.
