Obadiah Mailafia, a former CBN Deputy Governor has recently come out to state clearly again while insisting with facts that a Northern Governor is the commander of Boko-Haram.
This weighty allegations has raised a lot of dust within the country which couldn’t be swept under the carpet.
This was made known in an interview he had with Abuja 95.1 fm on Monday.
According to the Ex-deputy Governor, Boko Haram was plotting to start civil war in Nigeria by 2022, in which part of the plan was to wipe out some prominent politicians in Nigeria from their homes in the urban areas after citizens in rural areas have been totally wiped out.
Mailafia said ‘’During the lock-down, the insurgents were moving and distributing arms and ammunition across the country. We have met with some of their repentant high commanders, they have sat down with us not once, not twice” adding that “They told us that a prominent elected Nigeria politician in the North is their(Boko-Haram) commander”.
The 63 years old Economist further clearified that “Boko Haram and the bandits are one and the same”, saying “during this lock-down their planes were moving up and down as if there was no lock-down.”
He said, “President Buhari’s government is blamable for the southern Kaduna killings. The body language of this administration shows clearly that they have a hand in the killings, no doubt about it.”
On hearing this allegation, the Northern Governors Forum( NGF) Chairmaned by Gov. Lalong who doubles as the Governor of Plateau State has through his Director of Press and Public Affairs, said the forum was worried about the weighty allegation made by Dr. Mailafia which must be thoroughly investigated, stating that “We as Northern Governors have met severally to discuss insecurity in the northern region and the nation at large where we did not only condemn the activities of terrorist groups such as Boko Haram, bandits, armed robbers, kidnappers and other criminals, but also engaged the President and all heads of security agencies in finding solutions to the problem.”
Lalong further stated clearly that the Forum does not and will not support the activities of any criminal group.
The Northern Governor’s Forum (NGF) further calls for investigation which led to him(Obadiah Mailafia) being summoned by officers of DSS on Wednesday, 12th of August for questioning which he honoured.
Mailafia who spoke with journalists immediately after his release by the Department of State Service(DSS) which was facilitated by a public peace advocate , Rev Para -Mallam, who signed for his release at the end of his encounter with the security officers, maintained that He is a man of peace who wouldn’t give room for any form of violence.
Boldly saying “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.”
“I must never give up on Nigeria , if need be , I will die for Nigeria” he added.
It would be of note that measures to revealing the name of the Northern Governor whom he allegedly accused of being the commander of the Boko-Haram terrorist group was aborted as questions in this regard were stylishly turned down.
By Chinenye Gertrude
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