An investigative panel set up by the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has stated that a popular crossdresser, Idris Okuneye, widely known as Bobrisky, completed his jail term.

PUNCH Online reports that Bobriksy was sentenced to six months imprisonment on April 12 for abusing the naira and released from prison in August.

Controversial social critic, Martins Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan, had shared a voice note allegedly belonging to Bobrisky that she paid N15m to some Economic and Financial Crimes Commission officials to drop the money laundering charge against him.

In the audio, Bobrisky also claimed that a “godfather,” alongside staff members of the Nigerian Correctional Service, ensured he served the six-month sentence in a private apartment and not in prison.

On September 30, the minister constituted an investigative panel chaired by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Interior, Magdalena Ajani, and ordered a probe into the alleged corruption and other violations against the Nigerian Correctional Service.

Reading the phase one report of the panel on Monday, a member of the panel and the Executive Director and founder of Prisoners’ Rehabilitation and Welfare Action, Uju Agomoh, said the panel found no evidence that Bobrisky slept outside the prison walls after she was sentenced.

He said, “The panel did not find any evidence thus far that suggested that Mr Okuneye slept outside the custodial centre during the period of his imprisonment, which was from 12th April 2024 to 5th August 2024, which is a six-month correctional sentence with the usual remission applicable”.

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Agomoh said during this period, Bobrisky was transferred from the Kuje Custodial Centre to the Medium Security Custodial Centre in Kirikiri-Apapa, Lagos, and then to the Maximum Security Custodial Centre, from where she was discharged after the completion of her sentence.

He stated that Bobriksy enjoyed several privileges while in both Custodial Centres, which include furnished single cells, humidifier, and lots of visits by his family members and friends.

The panel, however, said the cross-dresser’s transfer to a maximum security facility as a first offender violated Section 164A and Section 164B of the Nigerian Correctional Service Act of 2019.

He added, “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 his family members and friends as he desired, self-feeding, designated inmates to run errands for him, access to fridge and television, and possibly access to his phone.

“It is necessary to further investigate if the above privileges provided for Okuneye Idris were financially motivated and based on corrupt practices by correctional officers.

“The panel believes that the peculiar case of the inmates and the inmates’ physical look and behaviour pose a threat, and the lack of laid-down rules for the treatment of such a case may have necessitated such privileges to be granted to Okunenye Idris.

“The panel recommends that clear guidelines need to be set up to guide operations regarding such incidents in future. Steps should be taken to avoid the obvious discriminatory practices in relation to the socio-economic levels and other status of inmates.”

Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, received a delegation sent by Abia State Governor, Alex Chioma Otti, on a sympathy visit to Maiduguri, last week.

During the visit, Governor Zulum was presented with a N100m cheque in support of the victims of the Maiduguri flood disaster.

Maiduguri, Borno State capital, was hit by a devastating flood on the 10th of September, 2024, displacing thousands of people and many others killed.

Since then, State Governors, corporate entities, business people, individuals, INGOs, and NGOs have sympathised with the Government and people of Borno State about the incident.

The Nigeria Union of Journalists, Imo State Chapter, disassociates themselves from Nonsonkwa.

They have equally asked security agencies to hold him responsible for the recent burning of NOUN/JAMB facilities in Ehime Mbano.

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This is coming after an   alarming report emerged yesterday regarding the abduction of Mazi Theodore Chinonso Ubah, popularly known as Nonsonkwa, a well-known radio presenter.

Recall that The incident occurred on the evening of October 20, 2024, in front of the Teachers’ House along the Owerri/Portharcourt Road, near Ozisa FM Radio.

Ekwutosblog gathered that Eyewitnesses who spoke to ThePressman Newspaper shared their shock at the suddenness of the event, but details remain scarce.

An anonymous source confirmed the abduction, expressing concern for Nonsonkwa’s safety and inquiring about any updates on his whereabouts.

Efforts to contact Nonsonkwa by phone have been unsuccessful, as his number has been switched off since the incident.

In response to the alarming news, reports of the abduction have been forwarded to the Imo State Police Command, with hopes of receiving updates from the Public Relations Officer.