Dr. Obadiah Mailafia, a former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is dead.
He died on Sunday at the National Hospital Abuja, aged 64.
Mr Mailafia hailed from Randa, in the Christian-dominated Southern Kaduna, and taught economics at different institutions.
Luka Binniyat, spokesman of the Southern Kaduna Peoples Union (SOKAPU), confirmed Mailafia’s death on Sunday.
Binniyat said Mailafia, who took refuge in Markudi, Benue state, following alleged persistent harassment by the Department of State Security Services (DSS), fell sick on Saturday and was rushed to an Abuja hospital.
