The former deputy central bank Governor, Obadiah Mailafia is dead, Njenje Media News learnt from a family sources.
Mr Mailafia, 64, died today, Sunday, 19th of September 2021, at the National Hospital, Abuja. He was certified dead by a medical doctor at the nation’s foremost public health facility, #NjenjeMediaNews learnt.
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 and was recently invited by the State Security Service to explain some of his on-air comments about deliberate violence across the country.
The late Mailafia Obadiah was also a friend to Njenje Media, and had appeared on many of the Zoom programs hosted by Maazi Ezeoke, CEO Njenje Media Group.
Njenje Media sends their condolence message to the young family that he left behind, and pray that his gentle soul to rest in peace.
