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BREAKING: Ex- CBN deputy governor, Obadiah Mailafia is Dead

Obadiah Mailafia, a former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria is Dead.

He died on Sunday after a brief illness.

According to the Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the Middle Belt Forum, Ms Ndi Kato, Dr Mailafia died on Sunday Morning at the National Hospital Abuja from a yet to be disclosed illness.

Obadiah Mailafia  was born on  December  24, 1956.

He was a Nigerian development economist, international polymath, central banker, statesman and the 2019 Nigeria Presidential election Candidate of African Democratic Congress (ADC).

He was a former official of the African Development Bank Group and one-time Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).

He was also the Chief of Staff of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP), the 79-nation multilateral development institution based in Brussels, Belgium.

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