The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has said the late Dr Mailafiya Obadiah was a distinguished Northern intellectual.
In a condolence message released by the forum and signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Emmanuel Yawe on Sunday, it noted that the news about Dr Obadiah Mailafia’s death reached its National Secretariat in Kaduna on Sunday.
“We are therefore today thrown into another mourning mood.
“We mourn this distinguished Northerner from Kaduna state who has contributed his quota to the development of his state and the North.
“We mourn the distinguished Northern intelectual who obtained a Phd from Oxford University.
“We mourn a financial wizard who rose up to the rank of Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria in the banking sector of our economy.
“While he was alive, Dr Mailafia held onto his views strongly. He may have offended some people who disagreed with him.
“We urge all those he offended to forgive him for that is the beauty of democracy which gives every man the right to hold and state his views.
“We sympathise with his immediate family, the Kaduna government and the Central Bank of Nigeria over his untimely demise,” the statement concluded.
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