The cross-dresser was arrested in Lagos on Wednesday night for naira abuse and currency mutilation. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested cross-dresser, Idris Okuneye famously known as Bobrisky over currency mutilation and abuse of naira notes.
EFCC spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, toldĀ Channels TelevisionĀ in a telephone chat on Thursday that the cross-dresser was arrested in Lagos on Wednesday night.
āHe (Bobrisky) was arrested Wednesday night in Lagos,ā the anti-graft agency official told our correspondent.
āHe has been detained at our Lagos Office and will be charged to court.ā
Bobrisky has been in the news for various controversial reasons including winning the āBest Dressed Femaleā Award at a movie premiere on March 25, 2024, a development that irked many entertainers.
Amid the social outrage, Force Spokesman, Muyiwa Adejobi, said there isĀ no provision in the lawĀ suggesting that crossdressers in Nigeria should be arrested.
āI have not read anywhere that cross-dressing is an offence in Nigeria,ā he said on Channels TelevisionāsĀ Politics TodayĀ programme on April 2, 2024. āLet 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.
āSome of them that are into cross-dressing, the allegation is that they are into something else, thatās where the problem lies. We need enough proof that they are actually into āthatā. All those offences are natural in Nigeria and punishable under our laws,ā Adejobi stressed.
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