BEVERLY HILLS, August 21, (THEWILL) – A former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Dr. Obadiah Mailafia has been invited for interview by the Nigeria Police to its Abuja office on Monday.

The police invitation comes after the Department of State Services (DSS) on two occasions, invited Mailafia to its Jos office over his alleged linked of a serving northern governor with the dreaded Boko Haram. .

Mailafia, who was the Presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress in the last election, said he got the information from some former Boko Haram fighters.

The Police invitation letter, signed by the Deputy Commissioner of Police (Admin) Umar Sanda, on behalf of the Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Force Criminal Investigation Department, Abuja, asked Mailafia to be at the Force Criminal Investigation Department Complex, Garki Area 10, on Monday, August 24, 2020 by 11am.

The letter titled, ‘Re: Investigation Activities, Police Investigation’, was marked ‘confidential’ and stated that anyone who disclosed its content risked being prosecuted for breaching the Official Secrets Act.

The letter stated that we “wish to inform you that this office is investigating a case in which your name featured prominently.

“In light of the above, you are invited to in an interview with the Deputy Inspector-General of Police, FCID Abuja, through the undersigned on Monday, August 24, 2020 by 11am at Room 407, 3rd Floor, FCID Complex, Area 10, Abuja.

“Accept the assurances of the Deputy Inspector-General of Police, FCID.”

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Mailafia is currently a member of the Directing Staff of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, Kuru.