THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has granted bail to Idris Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, a well-known cross-dresser.
EFCC spokesperson Dele Oyewale confirmed Bobrisky’s release on Saturday, November 2 2024 but declined to provide additional details.
The ICIR reported that Bobrisky was detained late Thursday night at Lagos’s Murtala Muhammed International Airport while boarding a KLM flight to Amsterdam en route to London, UK.
Following the incident, he informed his social media followers of the arrest, mentioning that he had sustained injuries during the encounter.
He was later flown to the EFCC headquarters in Abuja, where he was questioned regarding his bribery allegations against the commission.
In an audio recording shared by social critic Martins Otse, known as VeryDarkMan, Bobrisky allegedly claimed he had paid EFCC officers N15 million to dismiss money laundering charges against him.
However, according to The Punch, a source privy to the situation revealed that Bobrisky denied the bribery allegation in his statement at the EFCC headquarters. The source further mentioned that Bobrisky challenged the individual who posted the audio clip to substantiate it.
“He denied everything about releasing money to any official as a bribe to drop the money laundering charges against him. He denied it in his statement. He said the fellow who posted the voice note should come over to justify it. He said nobody requested money from him in the EFCC and he didn’t give anyone anything,” the source noted
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