Abimbola Fashola, wife of Babatunde Fashola, former governor of Lagos, has denied the accusation that her husband had children out of wedlock.
Speaking during an interview on News Central television on Thursday, the former first lady of Lagos said there is a source through which she gets political updates about her husband.
Abimbola did not provide any information when asked about her husband’s “strained” relationship with his predecessor, Bola Tinubu, during Fashola’s second term as governor of Lagos.
“My husband doesn’t discuss political things with me. I don’t get to hear from my husband. I get to hear from a source. I have a source,” she said.
“It is like a spiritual guide for you to know what you are praying about. That is the way I see it. I don’t have two prayers.”
On accusations that the former Lagos governor had children outside of wedlock, Abimbola said it was a defamation of character and a plot to separate her from her husband.
“Some of my elderly women that I know told me not to worry about everything that was being said,” she said.
“They said that they had defended me, and I should accept the children. They said they know me very well and that I would ask anyone who has a child for my husband to bring them in.
“It was defamation of character. I did not talk about it at all with him. My father had several wives; I have younger ones.
“They thought I was going to leave my husband. And I know he did not do it. Most people would think we don’t talk. I’m not saying he is a perfect man, but he carries me along.”
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