A former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Dr. Obadiah Mailafia. has expressed displeasure in the Directorate of State Services (DSS) and the police inviting him over the same time.
Dr Mailafia expressed the displeasure in an interview with Punch added the double invitations amounted to an abuse of his fundamental human rights.
Presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress, he said: “It is true. I have been invited to their office in Jos. I was asked to appear at 11 am on Monday,” in admission that he got into trouble with the DSS while under police investigation.
He was a guest of Nigeria Info 99.3FM where he claimed that a repentant terrorist told him that a northern governor was a Boko Haram commander.
He had also alleged that terrorists had infiltrated Lagos, and that during the lockdown, weapons were distributed to several parts of the country.
Although he later withdrew his comment, stating that he got the information from a third party, the security agencies were already looking for him.
Last month, Mailafia had approached a High Court in Plateau State for the enforcement of his fundamental rights to personal liberty and fair hearing in a bid to prevent the police from arresting him.
However, it was learnt that the security agents were being prodded by the Federal Government to ensure that the economist is arraigned in court.
Mailafia said it was unfortunate that two security agencies were investigating him at the same time.
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“This is one of the reasons why I am in court. I am being invited by the DSS and the police at the same time. It is an abuse of my rights,” he said
Mailafia, had in a recent interview said he was never going to stop about commenting on issues in the country especially killings in Southern Kaduna, until it stopped
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