I Am A Man, Bobrisky Confesses In Court, Jailed Six Months Without Option Of Fine
Kemisola Oye
CONTROVERSIAL crossdresser and self-acclaimed transgender, Idris Olanrewaju Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, was today sentenced to six months imprisonment without an option fine for abusing Nigerian currency.
Justice Abimbola Awogboro of a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos while sentencing the convict, said the judgment will be a deterrent to others that are fond of abusing and mutilating the Naira, the Nigeria currency.
Prior to the sentence, the judge asked about his sex, and he quickly replied that he was a man.
The judge ruled that the jail term commences on 24 March 2024, the day of his arrest.
It would be recalled that the court had on 5 April convicted him after pleaded guilty to the count-charge of abusing the Naira made against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
The judge consequently adjourned to last Thursday, for sentencing, but the day was declared as a public holiday by the federal government for the Eid-l-fitri celebration.
The charges against him read: “that you, Okuneye Idris Olanrewaju, on the 24th day of March 2024, at Imax Circle Mall, Jakande, Lekki, within the jurisdiction of this honourable court whilst dancing during a social event tampered with the total sum of Four Hundred Thousand Naira (N400,000.00) notes issued by the Central Bank of Nigeria by spraying same and you thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 21(1) of the Central Bank Act, 2007. 
“That you, Okuneye Idris Olanrewaju, between July and August 2023 at Aja Junction, lkorodu, within the jurisdiction of this honourable court whilst dancing during a social event tampered with the sum Fifty Thousand Naira (N50,000.00) issued by the Central Bank of Nigeria by spraying same and you thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 21(1) of the Central Bank Act, 2007.
“That you, Okuneye Idris Olanrewaju, sometime in December 2023 at White Steve Event Hall, Ikeja, within the jurisdiction of this honourable court whilst dancing during a social event tampered with the sum Twenty Thousand Naira (N20,000.00) issued by the Central Bank of Nigeria by spraying same and you thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 21(1) of the Central Bank Act, 2007.
“That you, Okuneye Idris Olanrewaju, sometime in 2022 at Event Hall, Oniru, Victory Island, within the jurisdiction of this honourable court whilst dancing during a social event tampered with the sum Twenty Thousand Naira (N20,000.00) issued by the Central Bank of Nigeria by spraying same and you thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 21(1) of the Central Bank Act,2007.”
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