Reports have started emerging how the former deputy governing of the Central Bank of Nigeria died.
The 64-year-old ex-CBN deputy governor died at the National Hospital Abuja on Sunday morning.
Luka Binniyat, spokesman of the Southern Kaduna Peoples Union (SOKAPU), confirmed Mailafiya’s death in a telephone chat on Sunday.
Binniyat said Mailafiya 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.
“You know following his harassment by the DSS, he has been taking refuge from place to place.
“You know following his harassment by the DSS, he has been taking refuge from place to place.
“The last place he went to take refuge isMarkudi. Yesterday (Saturday), he took illand he was rushed to the hospital that he normally attend in Abuja.
“This morning, he was pronounced dead”, Binniyat said.