Bobrisky according to EFCC, was picked up on Wednesday, April 3, at Pinnock Estate in Lagos
By Kehinde Okeowo,
Popular Crossdresser and social media influence, Idris Okuneye, better known as Bobrisky, has been arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC).
His arrest was confirmed by the agency’s spokesman, Mr Dele Oyewale in a telephone conversation on Thursday morning.
According to the EFCC, Bobrisky who was picked up at Pinnock Estate in Lagos on Wednesday, was arrested for mutilation and abuse of naira notes and not for his lifestyle as a cross-dresser.
Oyewale was quoted by Sahara Repoters to have said: “It is true our boys arrested him yesterday evening in Lagos for naira abuse. We don’t have anything to do with his lifestyle (being a cross-dresser). He was suspected of committing an economic crime and that was the reason for his arrest.”
The arrest of the controversial crossdresser comes barely 24 hours after the Nigeria Police Force stated that it lacked enough evidence to arrest him for same-sex related activities.
There have been calls for Bobrisky’s arrest, especially after social media influencer and blogger, Martins Vincent Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan in recent videos condemned the award of Best Dressed Female to the cross-dresser at a Nollywood event.
However, addressing the development, the Force Public Relations Officers, Olumuyiwa Ademola told Channels TV on Tuesday that cross-dressers cannot be arrested because Nigeria has no law against cross-dressing.
He said, “There are some cases that are always very difficult to prove.
“I’m not ruling out that we have many of them. Let us be reasonable, you can’t have someone you want to prosecute without having credible evidence against them. I have not read anywhere where cross-dressing is an offence in Nigeria.”