The PM News yesterday published a piece entitled: “Anxiety over Florence Ajimobi’s alleged arrest in UK”, which it claimed was written by an online agency, Newsleak.
The publication claimed that the governor’s wife was arrested in London for money laundering.
It said Mrs. Ajimobi had travelled abroad 52 times since her husband assumed office.
The Metropolitan Police and the United Kingdom Border Control Agency said it did not interrogate Mrs. Ajimobi.
An official of the Metropolitan Police said: “We have no knowledge of the arrest.”
Speaking with reporters on the telephone yesterday, Mrs. Ajimobi said she was not arrested. She described the news of her arrest as the handiwork of the opposition to discredit her husband’s administration.
Mrs. Ajimobi said: “I do not know what they are talking about or where they got the information from. I left Nigeria on Sunday and I was not arrested. “
Asked if she was invited by the police on her arrival in London, she said: “No, not at all. I came here with my daughter on Sunday and I am preparing to return home. I was not invited by the police and I do not know what this is all about.”
On the reason for her trip abroad, she said she took her 14-year-old daughter back to London, where she is schooling.
Mrs. Ajimobi said: “I have a 14-year-old daughter, who has been in London for seven years. She has been here since 2007. She came to Nigeria for two weeks and we left Nigeria on Sunday morning. That is my mission here.
“I read the report here in England and I was shocked. There is no truth in it. I am surprised that some people can descend so low to write falsehood. I am disappointed in the reporter that allowed himself to be used to carry out the hatchet job. I am expected back in the country tomorrow morning (today).
On the allegation that she had travelled 52 times since the inception of the administration, she said: “Then it means I am not living in Nigeria. When I return, I will show you my passport, so that you can count how many times I have travelled. I want you to deal with facts. I have an underage daughter that has been schooling in London since 2007. If you look at my passport since 2007 and compare the way I travelled then with the way I travel now, you will discover that I travel less now.
“My daughter complains that I do not visit her regularly. I make her come to Nigeria more because I cannot afford to spend 10 days or more abroad.”
An aide of the governor, who pleaded for anonymity, said: “So far, the governor has spent 68 weeks in office, how do you reconcile the claim that his wife has travelled 52 times since the inception of this administration? Does it mean that she travels every week?”
TheNation
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