Amosun’s Wife Respond To Arrest n Money Laundering Allegations

Rumour seems to follow Ogun State First Lady Mrs Olufunsho Amosun everywhere, that the fair complexioned woman has been arrested in London while attempting to smuggle a huge sum of foreign currency into the United Kingdom.

In fact, the allegation was so widespread that many people in the state began to believe it. To worsen the situation, the First Lady was incommunicado in the heat of the rumour.

The woman travelled out of the country at the instance of Nigeria’s first lady, Mrs Aisha Buhari on a trip simply described as national assignment. 

In fact,   the   purveyor   of the   allegation initially   threatened to ‘expose’ the wife of the state Governor if she fails to either address the press or show her face at a public function to debunk the claim that she was in jail in a foreign land.

At the first round,   the purveyors gave her 24 hours within which she should have come out and explained her role in the allegation. After the ultimatum,   there was no denial, she was given another 48 hours, failure which they threatened that they would make public on how she was arrested according to report.

Amosun’s wife was arrested in London by interpol as she was trying to stash $300,000 in a foreign bank . They confidently claimed that her husband,the governor of the state, Senator Ibikunle Amosun had been up and down to save his wife who according to them was trapped.

This allegation generated a lot of reactions from both pro and anti-Amosun public. Those for Amosun defended the first family while the opposition insisted that the family was capable of that criminal act. 

The vituperation continued on the social media while the State correspondents were sceptical about filing the report due to the fear of libel. The pin-dropped silence approach adopted by governor Amosun worsened the situation as his posture made many to believe the allegation was not too far from the truth.

The governor’s failure to appoint media aides who would have redeemed the image of the first family in the state added salt to the injury. But, few days after the allegation had gone viral, wife of the State Governor  cleared the air on the rumour of her purported arrest and detention in London over alleged laundering of about $300,000.(US).

She said the story was false.