The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) this Thursday afternoon, April 4, 2024, released the mugshot of arrested cross-dresser, Idris Okuneye famously known as Bobrisky.

The crossdresser was arrested at Pinnock Estate in Lagos on Wednesday night over abuse of naira, spraying of notes, and currency mutilation and is currently being detained at the Lagos Command of the EFCC.

His arrest was confirming by the spokesperson for the EFCC, Dele Oyewale, noting that he would be charged to court.

“Bobrisky is with us. He was arrested last night in Lagos and he is at our Lagos command. We arrested him for alleged abuse of naira notes, spraying of naira notes, and currency mutilation, among others.

“We are very serious about restoring the dignity of the naira.

“Though our investigation is still ongoing, but he will definitely be charged to court soon.”

Bobrisky has been in the news for various controversial reasons including winning the “Best Dressed Female” Award at a movie premiere on March 25, 2024, a development that irked many entertainers.

Amid the social outrage, Force Spokesman, Muyiwa Adejobi, said there is no provision in the law suggesting that crossdressers in Nigeria should be arrested.

“I have not read anywhere that cross-dressing is an offence in Nigeria,” he said on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on April 2, 2024. “Let us be reasonable, you cannot arrest somebody you want to prosecute without having credible evidence and as such, crossdressing is not yet a crime in Nigeria.

“Some of them that are into cross-dressing, the allegation is that they are into something else, that’s where the problem lies. We need enough proof that they are actually into ‘that’. All those offences are natural in Nigeria and punishable under our laws,” Adejobi stressed. (Based on media reports)

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