Nigeria, June 11 -- Just a day after PREMIUM TIMES reported that the wife of Kaduna South Senator Sunday Katung is involved in a money laundering mess in the UK, the senator has defended his family against any wrongdoing.

A recent UK court proceeding granted a forfeiture order on a property paid for by Mrs Katung.

The court ordered the UK's National Crime Agency (NCA) to take possession and recover the property.

The property, occupied by Mrs Katung and her children, was owned by a wealthy businessman, Mansoor Hussain, whom investigators had previously accused of being a money launderer for major crime lords in the north of England.

In response to this newspaper's exclusive story, Mr Katung said the "sensational headline is not in harm...