Former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Dr Obadiah Mailafiya has been re-invited by the Department of State Security (DSS) for further discussions, the Nation newspaper reported Monday.
Mailafiya is expected to be at the DSS office Jos, Plateau state capital, by 12 noon on Monday, August 17, 2020, the paper said, citing his lawyer, Bawa Ba Esq.
Bawa told The Nation on Monday morning the invitation is “a buildup to the previous one, it is a process with security agents. It is normal for further discussion.”
On the possible reasons for fresh invitation, Bawa believed it wouldn’t be anything different from the last encounter, which he said was purely interactive.
Last Wednesday, Mailafiya honoured an invitation to the DSS office Jos following an interview he granted an Abuja- based Radio FM where he alleged that a Northern Governor was a Commander of the Boko Haram insurgents.
Mailafiya was in the DSS premises for six hours but released unconditionally.
However, while the economist told journalists after his release that he stood by his words, the DSS later said in a statement to he apologized to the nation for his words.
