Rauf Aregbesola’s son wasn’t arrested’
Governor Rauf Aregbesola
The Murtala Muhammed International Airport Lagos Command of the Nigerian Customs Service has said it did not arrest the son of Osun State Governor Rauf Aregbesola, Kabiru, for alleged money laundering on May 12.
The Acting Public Relations Officer, MMIA Command, NCS, Victor Ogagbo, said yesterday that the report was false.
Ogagbo said some people inquired about the “arrest”.
“I told them that the governor’s son was not arrested at the Lagos Airport.
“The report is false. We did not arrest him. People made enquiries and we told them it was false,” Ogagbo said.
The Osun State government also refuted the claim.
In a statement by the Director, Bureau of Communication & Strategy, Office of the Governor, Semiu Okanlawon, the government said Kabiru neither travelled nor was he detained by security agencies for money laundering.
The statement reads: “It has become pertinent to inform Nigerians that there is no iota of truth in the story, claiming that Kabiru Aregbesola was arrested at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos.
“We have discovered that the authors of the wicked and malicious lie are doggedly pursuing their agenda by engaging in an aggressive push for the falsehood to reach a larger population, especially using the social media.
“The younger Aregbesola neither travelled nor did he have any encounter with any security personnel.
“It is obvious that these evil minds are out to tarnish an innocent young man’s image in order to get at his father.
“Governor Aregbesola is a disciplined family man with well-behaved children.
“The public are therefore urged to dismiss this falsehood.”
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