Bobrisky
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Idris Okuneye, who is also known as Bobrisky, allegedly did not serve his six months jail term inside the prison.
Facts have emerged that the crossdresser reportedly compromised the prison officials and spent his term in a private residence around the prison area.
Bobrisky was sentenced to six months in jail for abuse of Naira at a party in 2024 but rather than spending his imprisonment within the Kirikiri prison, he was said to have been accommodated in a private residence outside the correctional centre after spending a whopping N35 million to buy the cooperation of prison officials.
Martins Vincent Itself, a social media critic, who is popularly called VeryDarkMan, had blown the lid off the deal, leading to a probe by a panel set up by the government.
Curiously, the panel claimed in its report that Bobrisky enjoyed preferential treatment but served his jail term within the prison premises.
However, Chief Babalola Shabi, the Baale of Kirikiri Town, popularly known as “Baale No-Nonsense”, has faulted the panel’s report, and spilled the beans on how Bobrisky bribed officials of the correctional centre with N35 million.
He explained that the payments were made through eight ATM cards, which were used to withdraw money from POS operators.
The Baale made the revelation during a town hall meeting organised by the Lagos State Police Command, as part of events marking the National Police Week.
According to him, the corrupt officials, acting on the agreement they had with the crossdresser were using the ATM cards to withdraw money from his account from POS operators around Kirikiri area.
On discovering the shady, the Baale said he summoned the POS operators to his palace and invited operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to arrest them.
“Before the truth came out, everyone believed he was in Kirikiri serving his time. But the reality is that Bobrisky was living comfortably outside the prison walls, thanks to a criminal collaboration involving some officials,” “Baale No-Nonsense” said.
“I personally called in the EFCC after I summoned the POS operators to my palace. From there, they were able to trace the transactions and decode the money trail.
“It was shocking how N35 million could be sourced from around here so quickly. Clearly, this was not a one-man job. The officials who aided him have been suspended.
“The DSS first invited me for questioning, and I told them everything I knew. The EFCC also reached out, and I gave them my full cooperation. As a community leader, I cannot allow this type of impunity to go unchecked.”
