Wife of Ogun State governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, Mrs Olufunso Amosun, yesterday dismissed the rumour making the rounds that she was arrested detained abroad for money laundering offence or any crime by any security agency.
Mrs Amosun said the wave of her purported arrest and detention in the United Kingdom for alleged laundering of USD 300,000, on social media are fictitious falsehood and rumours concocted by mischief makers and her enemies.
She said this in Abeokuta, the state capital, shortly after distributing free milk and other items to expectant and lactating mothers in Ogun at the state hospital, Ijaiye.
The items were donated to beneficiaries by Olufunso Amosun on behalf of the wife of President Muhammadu Buhari, Hajia Aisha Buhari – the donor.
“Well, I thank you for that and 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.”
On the free milk, she revealed that it was given by the President’s wife to the 36 state governors for onward free distribution to expectant mothers and breastfeeding mothers at state hospitals across the country.
“The guesture 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 support the programme that would negate mothers breastfeeding their babies.
The particular milk is actually of nutritional value to expectant mothers and nursing mothers and she has sent this milk to all the wives of the governors across the Federation and asked them to deliver them to expectant mothers in state hospitals. This is what I’ve come to do here today.
“I feel that it is a worthwhile and passionate programme.
I’m very appreciative of what she has done but I’m sure knowing that she is a lady of compassion, she’s compassionate about women in general and there will be so many other things that will follow this.”
