NIGERIA: How Ex-CBN Deputy Gov Mailafia died at the Abuja Specialist Hospital

The Middle Belt Forum, MBF, Sunday, gave an account of how activists and former Deputy Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Dr. Obadiah Mailafia gave up the ghost on Sunday at the Specialist Hospital, Gwagwalada, in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja.<br />The Forum, in the statement issued by Dr. Isuwa Dogo, its National Publicity Secretary, alleged conspiracy and spiritless attitudes of medical personnel as responsible for the untimely death of the presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, in the 2019 general elections.<br /><br />The statement reads, “The death of the former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria at the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital, Gwagwalada, Abuja, this (Sunday) morning came to us as a great shock.<br /><br />“As someone who relentlessly participated in the activities of the Middle Belt Forum, his untimely death has dealt a deadly blow on ethnic nationalities of not only the Middle Belt but the country at large.<br /><br />“Arising from various enquiries from Nigerians over the circumstances of his death, the Forum wishes to state as follows: That Dr. Mailafia arrived in Abuja last Sunday, September 12, 2021, from Akure and was received at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport by his wife.<br /><br />“On arrival at home, the wife noticed that he was not in the best of health conditions and seemed to be suffering from malaria.<br /><br />“After three days of treatment without signs of improvement, he went to the CBN Hospital on Friday, September 17, 2021, where he was shabbily treated. It took the intervention of a senior medic who immediately placed him on oxygen and admitted him.<br /><br />“Dr. Mailafia was later given the option of choosing three hospitals: Gwagwalada Hospital, National Hospital and EHA Clinics. The wife opted for the third choice. On arrival at the EHA Clinics, the wife was subjected to yet another moment of anxiety as it took a direct order from the top management of the hospital to accept him.<br /><br /><br />“Af