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Police invites Mailafia to Abuja for questioning
BY PAUL SILAS
A former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Dr Obadiah Mailafia, who has been in the news lately over his comment on insecurity in northern Nigeria, has been invited by the police for questioning.
The police in a letter with reference number 3000/X/FHQ/ABJ/VOl.245/8 dated August 20, 2020, asked Mailafia to be at the Force Criminal Investigation Department Complex, Garki Area 10, on Monday, August 24, 2020 by 11am.
The letter, according to punchng.com, was signed by the Deputy Commissioner of Police (Admin) Umar Sanda, on behalf of the Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Force Criminal Investigation Department, Abuja.
The police invitation comes on the heels of a separate investigation of the former CBN governor by the Department of State Services (DSS).
The DSS had last week invited Mailafia to its Jos office over comments he made during a radio interview where he alleged that an unidentified northern governor was a Boko Haram commander.
Mailafia, presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in the last election, said he got the information from some former Boko Haram fighters.
The letter titled, ‘Re: Investigation Activities, Police Investigation’, was marked ‘confidential’.
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The letter stated that we “wish to inform you that this office is investigating a case in which your name featured prominently.
“In light of the above, you are invited to an interview with the Deputy Inspector-General of Police, FCID Abuja, through the undersigned on Monday, August 24, 2020 by 11am at Room 407, 3rd Floor, FCID Complex, Area 10, Abuja.
“Accept the assurances of the Deputy Inspector-General of Police, FCID.”
Mailafia is currently a member of the Directing Staff of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, Kuru.