Nigeria, Sept. 21 -- I spent over 20 years of my working life abroad as a university teacher, banker and international civil servant with an 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. - Dr Obadiah Mailafia, 2021.
Today, I have not come to bid farewell to a compatriot whose re...