Posted by Samuel on Thu 18th Apr, 2024 - tori.ng
This is contrary to reports that Bobrisky is still being held at the Ikoyi Correctional Centre.
New information has surfaced regarding the situation of Idris Okuneye, commonly known as Bobrisky, the embattled cross-dresser who was sentenced to a six-month jail term for currency abuse. The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS) has transferred Bobrisky from the Ikoyi Correctional Center to Kirikiri Prison.
This is contrary to reports that Bobrisky is still being held at the Ikoyi Correctional Centre.
A very reliable source who is an official of the Nigeria Correctional Service (NCS) told LEADERSHIP that the popular cross-dresser is presently held at the Kirikiri Prison and was discreetly transferred since last weekend to Kirikiri.
He stated, “It is procedural that he is moved to Kirikiri since it is an expansive prison compared to what we have here.”
He added that due to security reasons, Okuneye was quietly moved to the facility where he will serve his term.
It would be recalled that Justice Abimbola Awogboro of the Federal High Court in Lagos sentenced the cross-dresser to six months imprisonment.
While sentencing the convict on Friday, April 12, 2024, the judge said the verdict would serve as deterrent to others who are fond of abusing and mutilating the naira.
Bobrisky is being identified as a male based on his admission at the court last week and according to reports that there is no realignment of gender or genital organs.
LEADERSHIP source affirmed that the convict has been taken to the male cell with other inmate “and so he will be treated as a normal inmate,” he said.