Nigeria Police verify Bobrisky’s arrest at FCID Lagos
The Nigerian Immigration Service has transferred popular crossdresser, Idris Okuneye aka Bobrisky, to the Force Criminal Investigation Department annex in Alagbon, Lagos State.
NIS had arrested Bobrisky at the Seme border while trying to escape to Benin Republic.
The crossdresser was arrested on Sunday and transferred to FCID on Monday where he is currently detained.
Confirming this, the spokesperson for the FCID, Lagos, Mayegun Aminat said: “He is detained at FCID Alagbon. He is with us and we are to get a remand to keep him in custody today.”
This comes amid the House of Representatives investigative hearing over his leaked audio conversation indicting some Nigerians, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Nigeria Correctional Services, NCoS.
In the audio leaked by VeryDarkMan, Bobrisky is alleged to have bribed EFCC officials with N15 million to drop his money laundering charges.
Bobrisky also claimed that he spent his six-month jail term in a lodge rather than Kirikiri prison due to the influence of a godfather.
His claims led to an investigative hearing by the House of Representatives which the crossdresser had refused to honour.
However, confirming his arrest, on Tuesday, the NIS said Bobrisky is a person of interest and would be handed over to appropriate authorities.
NIS had posted on X: “In keeping with its commitment to securing the borders, Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) intercepted Okuneye Idris Olanrewaju otherwise known as Bobrisky at the Seme Border over an attempt to exit the country.
“The Service wishes to inform the public that OKUNEYE IDRIS is a person of interest over recent issues of public concern. He is undergoing interrogation and will be handed over to the appropriate authorities for further action.”
Meanwhile, an investigative panel had said there was no evidence that Bobrisky slept outside the prison during his six-month jail term.
The Executive Director and founder of Prisoners’ Rehabilitation and Welfare Action, Uju Agomoh, disclosed this while reading the phase one report of the panel at the Ministry of Interior.
Agomoh said the panel “did not find any evidence thus far that suggested that Mr Okuneye slept outside the custodial centre during the period of his imprisonment, which was from 12th April 2024 to the 5th August 2024, which is a six-month correctional sentence with the usual remission applicable”.
