Press Statement: Aregbesola’s Son Was Not Arrested For Money Laundering

The office of the State Governor of Osun State has denied
that one of the Governor’s son, Kabir Aregbesola was arrested at the Muritala
Muhammed International Airport in Lagos on Tuesday with a huge sum of money as
he was about leaving the country. In a press statement released by Semiu
Okanlawon, Director, Bureau of Communication & Strategy in Osun State there
is no iota of truth in the story and Kabir never neared the airport yesterday.
The press statement after the cut.

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 today Tuesday May 12, 2015, with a huge sum of money in foreign
currencies.

We have discovered 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 anywhere nor had
any encounter with any security personnel today. 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.

Aregbesola has maintained a life of a moderate family man
with a set of highly disciplined children who cannot be found wanting on issues
of morals and societal values

Members of the public are therefore urged to dismiss the
falsehood because it is just another handiwork of mischievous minds.

Semiu Okanlawon

Director,

Bureau of Communication & Strategy,

Office of the Governor,

Osogbo, Osun.