Bribery Allegations: EFCC Transfers Bobrisky To Abuja
Controversial social media personality and crossdresser, Idris Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, has been transferred to Abuja to face interrogation over bribery allegations.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) confirmed his arrest on Thursday night after he was stopped from boarding a flight at Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos.
Recall that the embattled crossdresser was stopped and removed from an Amsterdam-bound KLM flight at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos and detained by immigration officers late Thursday night while attempting to leave the country for London, the United Kingdom.
The popular cross-dresser posted on his Instagram page to alert followers about the arrest, stating that he had sustained injuries during an altercation with the immigration officers.
He claimed he sustained injuries during an altercation at the airport.
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He took to Instagram, alleging, “Nigerians help me, EFCC just arrested me. I’m badly injured.”
However, according to sources, told PUNCH that his arrest was due to his failure to honour several invitations by the commission following his allegations against the EFCC.
Bobrisky had, in a voice note shared by a controversial social critic, Martins Otse, aka VeryDarkMan, allegedly said he bribed EFCC officers with N15m to drop money laundering charges against him.
Although the EFCC denied the allegations, it set up a committee to investigate the matter.
At a press briefing on Thursday, the Director of Public Affairs, Wilson Uwajaren, had hinted that Bobrisky could face a fresh charge from the commission if the allegations against the EFCC were false.
Uwujaren stated that one could be charged for giving false information to the EFCC, let alone making false allegations against the commission.
However, a top source in the commission told PUNCH on Friday that Bobrisky was picked up to prove his allegations against the EFCC.
The source said, “We have arrested him in Lagos today and will be flown to Abuja today. He accused us of bribery and corruption; we invited him severally, but he did not show up. He who alleges must be ready to prove. Those allegations are too weighty to allow slide.
“Also, remember that he has also refused to show up at the National Assembly on the matter. We are left with no other choice than to pick him up so that he can substantiate his claims. And that is what we have done. “
When newsmen contacted on Friday morning, the EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale, confirmed Bobrisky’s arrest.
“Bobrisky is on his way to Abuja as we speak,“ he added.
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