October 21, (THEWILL) – The investigative panel tasked with probing allegations that convicted cross-dresser, Idris Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, was kept out of the custodial centre while serving his six-month prison sentence, has dismissed the claims.
Executive Director and founder of Prisoners’ Rehabilitation and Welfare Action, Uju Agomoh, disclosed this on Monday, while reading the phase one report of the panel at the Ministry of Interior.
The Federal High Court in Lagos had on April 9, sentenced Bobrisky to six months in jail without the option of fine for abusing and mutilating the Naira notes. He was released from prison on August 5.
Popular activist, VeryDarkMan, had accused Bobrisky of spending his jail term in a lodge and not the Kirikiri prison due to the influence of a godfather. VeryDarkMan also released an audio of Bobrisky alleging to have bribed officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, with N15 million to drop his money laundering charges.
Following this revelation, the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, on September 30, constituted an investigative panel chaired by Magdalena Ajani, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Interior, on ‘Alleged Corruption & Other Violations Against the Nigerian Correctional Service’.
However, 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 April 12, 2024, to the August 5, 2024, which is a six-month correctional sentence with the usual remission applicable.”
