September 30, (THEWILL) – The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCF) on Monday, said that popular crossdresser, Bobrisky, whose real name is Idris Okuneye, was kept in protective custody while serving jail term after he was convicted of currency mutilation.
Deputy Controller of Corrections (DCC), In-Charge of Medium Security Custodial Centre (MSCC), Kiri-Kiri, Lagos State, Michael Benson, disclosed this at the House of Representatives hearing on the alleged bribery scandal involving the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS).
Benson told the lawmakers that Bobrisky, who was registered as a male, was not locked up in the general cell with other inmates because of his unique physical characteristics and safety.
“Though male, he has some female features he has breasts and this is the original medical examination done by the facility’s medical doctor. The admission board had to enter a meeting to discuss on the best practices and we arrived at the decision to put him in protective custody and he spent the 10 days in our P ward room 2 of the facility.
“During admission, there is what we call classification of inmates. In his case, it was peculiar and we had to take peculiar steps”, he said.
THEWILL earlier reported that a Joint Committee of the National Assembly had summoned the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede; Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo; Bobrisky; and VeryDarkMan (VDM), to appear before it over the bribery scandal involving officers of EFCC and Correctional Service following a recorded conversation involving Bobrisky that was leaked on social media by Blogger, Martins Otse, known as the VeryDarkMan.
In the letter dated September 27, 2024, the committee asked the EFCC Chairman and the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Correctional Service to appear on Monday, September 30th, with all officers involved in the allegation.
The allegation of bribery against the anti-graft agency and the Nigeria Correctional Service followed a trending social media voice conversation involving Bobrisky.
In that conversation, Bobrisky, who was convicted for abuse of the Naira, the national currency, disclosed that he allegedly paid N15 million to unnamed EFCC officials to drop charges of money laundering preferred against him and that he served his six-month sentence in a VIP facility, instead of the KiriKiri Medium Custodial Centre, Lagos.
Following the revelations, EFCC Chairman and Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, ordered an investigation which led to the suspension of two senior officers of the NCoS.
Meanwhile, Blogger VeryDarkMan has revealed how he got the controversial phone recording of Bobrisky.
He told the lawmakers on Monday that the trending audio record was received from someone whom Bobrisky owed money.
