Idris Okuneye, better known as Bobrisky
EFCC arrests, detains Bobrisky for abuse of naira notes
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested cross-dresser, Idris Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky over currency mutilation and abuse of naira notes.
EFCC spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, told Channels Television in a telephone interview on Thursday that the cross-dresser was arrested in Lagos on Wednesday night.
The anti-graft agency said, “He (Bobrisky) was arrested Wednesday night in Lagos.
“He has been detained at our Lagos office and will be charged to court.”
Bobrisky has been in the news for a number of controversial issues with the including winning the “Best Dressed Female” Award at a movie premiere on March 25, 2024, a development that irked many entertainers.
Police force spokesman, Muyiwa Adejobi, said there is no provision in the law suggesting that crossdressers in Nigeria should be arrested.
“I have not read anywhere that cross-dressing is an offence in Nigeria,” he said on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on April 2, 2024.
“Let us be reasonable, you cannot arrest somebody you want to prosecute without having credible evidence and as such, crossdressing is not yet a crime in Nigeria.
“Some of them that are into cross-dressing, the allegation is that they are into something else, that’s where the problem lies. We need enough proof.”
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