The Presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress and a former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Dr Obadiah Mailafiya, said if exposing the truth about Boko Haram sponsors will cost him his life so be it.
He said this on Monday as he honoured the invitation by the Department of State Services (DSS).
He said “I’m the voice of the holy martyrs, and if I perish, I perish”.
Recall that Mailafia was invited by the Jos chapter of the Department of State Services DSS, for the third time for questioning over his revelation that a serving northern governor is a Boko Haram Commander.
The former CBN deputy governor, in a statement in Jos on Friday, described the latest DSS invitation as political persecution and urged well - meaning Nigerians to pray for his safety.
He said, “Dear Comrades, Beloved Brethren, I have once again (for the 3rd time) been ordered to appear before the DSS at their Jos HQ this coming Monday 14th September, at 11.00 am.
“This is in addition to our battle in court, as my lawyer appears before a Jos High Court today Friday the 11th, seeking a restraining order against the DIG Criminal Investigations Department (CID) who are also pursuing me.
“I spent over 20 years of my working life abroad as a university teacher, banker and international civil servant with unblemished record.
“I have no criminal record — not even a parking ticket. Sadly, it is in my own fatherland that I’m being subjected to criminal investigation and such extreme political persecution.
“Please, pray for me. I have reasons to believe that my life is in danger and that some powerful political forces want to silence me forever. For speaking the truth.
“For speaking on behalf of the holy martyrs — of thousands of innocent children, women, elderly and youths that have been killed in our beloved country. It is only in our benighted country that a man who speaks from his conscience can be hounded like a common criminal.
Speaking to journalists before he entered the DSS headquarters in Jos, Mailafiya who arrived at 11:09 hours, said, “I’m the voice of millions of voiceless people.
“Both Muslim and Christian youths have taken me as their voice.”
“Thousands of people have been killed in this country; in Borno, Yobe, Adamawa, Katsina, Zamfara, Niger, Birnin Gwari, Southern Kaduna, Benue, Plateau and other parts of the country”, he decried.
He maintained that, “I’m the voice of the holy martyrs and if I perish, I perish”.