First Ladies Are ‘Executive Prisoners’ – Aregbesola’s wife

Wife of Osun State Governor Rauf Aregbesola,
Sherifat, on Monday described all first ladies in
Nigeria as 'executive prisoners.'
The first ladies comprised of the wife of the President
and wives of the state governors.
Mrs. Aregbesola, who spoke in an interview with
journalists before the end of the year party she
organised for children in Osogbo, said contrary to the
belief that first ladies were enjoying, she said that
governors' wives had no freedom to live the way they
liked.
She said that herself and her colleagues were
involved in some projects in order not to be useless
throughout their stay at the various Government
Houses.
She said, "All first ladies are executive prisoners.
They are all here now (referring to security aides) and
I can't go to anywhere without them following me.
"Who among the First Ladies is free? Who among
First Ladies can go anywhere they like? All the First
Ladies are executive prisoners. We can only dress like
this and smile to the cameras but we are executive
prisoners."
Wife of Enugu State Governor Sullivan Chime, Clara,
recently cried out that she had been detained in the
Government House, where she allegedly suffered
depression. She has however been set free by her
husband and has left the Government House.
Mrs. Aregbesola said that her husband was a very
simple and caring man whom she would want to
marry again.
He debunked the speculations that the governor was
a religious fanatic, saying that her husband allowed
children living under his roof to practice Christianity
despite that he was a Muslim.
She said, "My husband is a very simple man. He is a
very nice man and I wonder where those behind the
rumour get their information from. I have lived with
him for more than 30 years. I know him very well. He
is very simple and kind. He is very passionate about
the development of the state. He works so hard to
ensure that things are working well.
"My husband allows everybody to practise their
religions. His immediate younger sister is a Christian.
Two of her children are living with us now and they
go to church. I encourage them to go to church on
Sunday.
"His younger brother, Rafiu, is a Christian; I mean he
is a deacon. There are Ladi and Sikira who are
Christians. The rumour about him being a fanatic is
all about politics."
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