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| Gov Aregbesola denies reports of son's arrest |
In a counter-statement issued by the Office of the Governor, signed by Semiu Okanlawon, Director, Bureau of Communication & Strategy, in Osogbo, Osun State, it was stated that “there is no iota of truth in the story”.
The statement read: “It has become pertinent to inform Nigerians and others generally that there is no iota of truth in the story being peddled around by some misguided elements claiming that a son of Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun, Kabir Aregbesola, was arrested at the Muritala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos on Tuesday, May 12, 2015, with a huge sum of money in foreign currencies.”
Mr. Okanlawon added 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.”
He clarified that “the younger Aregbesola neither traveled anywhere nor had any encounter with any security personnel. It is obvious the evil minds at work are out to drag an innocent young man’s name into this dirt in order to get at his father.”
Mr. Okanlawon concluded by extoling the virtues of Governor Aregbesola as “a moderate family man with a set of highly disciplined children who cannot be found wanting on issues of morals and societal values
He therefore urged members of the public to dismiss the falsehood as just another handiwork of mischievous minds.
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