Nigerian crossdresser Idris Okuneye, also known as Bobrisky, has filed a N1.2 billion lawsuit against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, or EFCC, and the National Assembly for allegedly violating his fundamental rights.
Remember Since self-described activist VeryDarkMan released a supposedly recorded discussion in which he claimed to have paid certain EFCC officials N15 million to drop money laundering accusations against him, Bobrisky has been in the spotlight.
Bobrisky was given a six-month prison sentence on April 12 for misusing the naira, and he was freed on August 5.
The crossdresser further stated in the alleged video that his “godfather” and Haliru Nababa, the Controller-General of the Nigerian Correctional Service, or NCoS, made sure he was housed in a private flat rather than a prison cell for the duration of his six-month term.
However, the crossdresser disputed the legitimacy of the recording and threatened to sue VeryDarkMan.
The Joint Committee on Financial Crimes and Reformatory Institutions of the House of Representatives decided to look into the alleged bribery.
VeryDarkMan, Bobrisky, Ola Olukoyode, the chairman of the EFCC, and Nababa were all invited by the House to address the committee.
A court document dated October 10 that forbids the EFCC and National Assembly from harassing, detaining, or proclaiming him wanted was shared by Bobrisky on Instagram on Saturday.
He claimed, in the lawsuit, that EFCC invited him for investigation based on a hearsay WhatsApp phone call published by VeryDarkMan.
According to him, EFCC failed to investigate the authenticity of the recording, which led to his ridicule on social media, threats from unknown persons, and invasion of his privacy.
The crossdresser, in the document, is seeking N200 million from EFCC for psychotic trauma and N1 billion from the National Assembly for violating his right to a fair hearing. The document read in part:
“The sum of one billion against the 1st respondent being damages for unlawful attempt to violate the right to fair hearing of the applicant, violate his right from discrimination, violate his right to private and family life, right to privacy of his home and telephone conversations
“The sum of two hundred million naira against the 2nd respondent being damages suffered, psychotically trauma, mental torture and criminal stigmatisation caused by the reckless report given by the 2nd respondent to the 1st respondent without any proper investigation and fair hearing stating that the doctored social media published audio by VeryDarkMan was true, having not carried out any formal and proper investigation by contacting WhatsApp and laying before the committee that the hearsay doctored evidence was confirmed to be true and authentic.
“The violation of the right of freedom of movement, right to privacy of his telecommunication.”
