Boko Haram Commander: Northern Governors Demand Probe Into Allegations
The 19 state governors under the Northern Governors’ Forum (NGF) on Wednesday called for an investigation into the claims made by a former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Obadiah Mailafia, that one of them is a commander of the Boko Haram group. Mr Mailafia, a former presidential candidate of African Democratic Congress (ADC), had alleged that “one of the Northern governors is the commander of Boko Haram group in Nigeria.” He made the assertions while appearing in a radio programme, Nigeria Info Abuja 95.1FM on Monday, alleging that pardoned terrorists revealed that a serving northern governor was a Boko Haram leader. readmore