Controversial crossdresser Idris Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, has reacted to the allegations of bribing officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for his money laundering charge to be dropped.
Recall that on Tuesday night, popular influencer, Martins Vincent Otse, better known as Very Dark Man, released a voice recording allegedly by Bobrisky in which the latter claimed he paid EFCC officials N15m for the money laundering charge against him to be dropped.
In the voice recording, Bobrisky also claimed that he never spent a day in prison after he was convicted and sentenced to a six-month jail term for naira abuse in April 2024.
According to him, after he was convicted and was heading for prison, his “godfather” called prison authorities and had him serve his prison term in a lodge instead of a jail.
Expectedly, the claim by Bobrisky in the voice recording got the reaction of the Executive Chairman of the EFCC, Olukoyode who has ordered a thorough investigation into the allegation.
In his reaction to the voice recording, realizing the gravity of the allegations, Bobrisky in a terse post on his official Instagram handle on Wednesday morning, denied paying officials of the anti-graft agency N15m.
According to him, the recording is fake, adding that he served his prison term in full and the public should disregard the information.
He wrote, “My attention has been drawn to a fake voice recording circulating on the internet that I paid EFCC 15 million naira and that I was never in prison. I didn’t pay any efcc money is a very big lie. I served my term in full and I came out. Discard any false information.”
BACKSTORY:
Bobrisky was in April 2024, arrested and detained by the EFCC in Lagos and was sentenced to six months without an option of a fine for abusing the naira.
He was released from the Kirikiri Correctional Centre on August 5, 2024, after serving over four months out of his initial six-month sentence.
The crossdresser was initially arraigned on six charges bordering on naira abuse and money laundering to the tune of N127,780,877.98.
Reports say the money was paid into his company’s account number 2830002929, domiciled in Eco Bank Plc, between September 2021 and April 2024.
But, the offence was dropped after a prayer by EFCC, through its counsel, Suleiman Suleiman.
Suleiman informed the court that the anti-graft agency had agreed with Bobrisky.
“We have an agreement with the defendant, which will lead us to withdraw counts 5 and 6. In the circumstance, we’re humbly urging the court to strike out counts 5 and 6, leaving counts 1 to 4 alive,” he was quoted as saying.