Alleged Money laundering: The arrest rumour is a “wicked lie”- Oyo state government

The Oyo state government has denied the alleged arrest of the wife of the state governor over money laundering charges in the United Kingdom.
“That’s not true, there is no iota of truth in that” the commissioner for Information, Mr Bosun Oladele told Channels Television in a telephone interview.
The commissioner also confirmed that the first lady traveled to London on Sunday with her 14 year old daughter but confirmed that she has returned from the said trip said the Oladele.
To debunk the claim of the arrest, Mr Oladele said “We have a correspondence from the Metropolitan Police claiming that nothing like that is on the record”.
He said a correspondence was received from an official of the Directorate of Media and Communication of the London Metropolitan Police.
The commissioner said “He confirmed that nothing of such is on record and that the wife of the governor was never arrested”.
He described the allegation as a “wicked lie” claiming that the government has excelled in many areas of  development and traducers are trying to use the “Pull me down syndrome” to rubbish their achievements.

Mr Oladele also denied another allegation that the first lady has traveled 52 times over the period of 12 months.
“That is not true, the truth is that the first lady travels even prior to 2007 more than she does now” he said.
He further said that “now that she and her husband are in office she has to do that less. So it is untrue, if you look at 52 times and you put that on weekly basis, it means she has traveled every week since her husband became governor”.
He said the first lady returned to the country to clear the rumour making rounds that she has been arrested.
Oladele said the state government has sued the publishers of PM News and Newsleak (an online news agency) for making libelous reports on Mrs. Florence Ajimobi, seeking N1 billion in damages.
The news agencies had reported that wife of the Oyo state governor, Mrs. Florence Ajimobi  was arrested by the London Metropolitan Police with the sum of 400,000 pounds sterling on arrival at the United Kingdom.