I wasn’t arrested for money laundering in London – Amosun’s wife

Wife of Ogun State governor, Mrs Olufunso Amosun, on Friday in Abeokuta, denied the recent claims on her purported arrest and detention in London over alleged laundering of about $300,000.

The governor’s wife said it was not true that she was arrested or detained in London or any other part of the world for alleged money laundering offence or any other crime.

The governor’s wife stated that the ru­mour of her purported arrest making the rounds on the social media in recent times was a concoction and a figment of the imagi­nation of mischief makers and the authors of such rumour.

She stated this shortly after distributing free milk and other items to hundreds of expect­ant and lactating mothers at the State Hospi­tal in the Ijaiye area on behalf of the wife of the President, Hajia Aisha Buhari who was the donor.

Mrs. Amosun stressed that she had never been involved in money laundering or any other crime and would never contemplate anything as such, adding that her husband, Governor Ibikunle Amosun remained a man of integrity who would not condone such things.

The governor’s wife said, “Well, I thank you for that and I’m glad that you called it a rumour. I never did anything of that na­ture. But as you can see me to the glory of God, it’s not my portion; it shall never be my portion and I believe that you know your Governor, His Excellency, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, I’m sure you know he’ll never be involved in anything that is associated with money laundering or anything negative like that. So, as you said, it’s a rumour and it shall remain so. It didn’t happen, it hasn’t hap­pened and it shall not happen.”

Speaking further on the milk supplement donation by the wife of the president, Mrs. Amosun assured that Hajia Buhari remained committed to the breastfeeding of babies by nursing mothers.

According to her, “That can only come from a woman of passion and empathy who is in the person of the wife of our President, Hajia Aisha Muhammadu Bu­hari who has decided to send milk which is called Frisomum which is actually like a nutritional milk for mothers because she like breastfeeding babies, so she wouldn’t like to support the programme that would negate mothers breastfeeding their babies.