By Ken Chiwendu
The Nigerian Immigrants Service NIS has arrested controversial crossdresser, Idris Okuneye,AKA Bobrisky.
Bobrisky was arrested Monday morning at Seme Border while trying to cross to Benin Republic.
Meanwhile, a panel set up by the Federal Ministry of Interior to probe allegations that Bobrisky did not serve his six months sentence in the correctional centre has found him innocent.
The panel headed by Magdalena Ajani, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry said that the panel did not find any evidence that suggests that Bobrisky slept out of the walls of prison during his period of sentence from 12th April 2024 to 5th August 2024.
A member of the panel,Uju Agomoh, the executive director and founder of Prisoners Rehabilitation and Welfare Action ( PRAWA) said ” the panel also found that Mr Okuneye Idris enjoyed several privileges while in custody, both at the Medium Security and the Maximum Security Custodial Centres which include, especially the following, furnished single cells , humidifier,lots of visits by family members and friends as he desired, self feeding and designated inmates to run errands for him, access to fridge and Television , and possibly access to his phone.
The panel however added that it would be proper to further investigate if the treatment given to Okuneye was financially induced..
Bobrisky is also under the radar of the House of Representatives and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC over allegations bordering on evading prison custody and Bribery.
