Popular crossdresser, Idris Okuneye, commonly known as Bobrisky, has refuted a bribery allegation made against him by a social media influencer, Martins Otse, also known as VeryDarkMan.
Bobrisky claimed that some unidentified Economic and Financial Crimes Commission agents took N15 million from him in exchange for dropping money laundering accusations against him in a widely shared audio clip that was made public by VeryDarkMan.
Bobrisky was first charged with six counts related to money laundering and naira abuse totalling N127,780,877.98.
According to reports, the funds were deposited into his company’s Eco Bank Plc account, 2830002929, between September 2021 and April 2024.
However, after praying, Suleiman Suleiman, the EFCC‘s counsel, dismissed the charge.
He had reported to the court that Bobrisky and the commission had an agreement.
The EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale, responded to the widely circulated recording in a statement on Tuesday, stating that the Commission’s Chairman, Ola Olukoyede, had directed an immediate investigation into the situation.
On Wednesday morning, September 25, Bobirsky, however, claimed to have served his jail sentence in an Instagram post and denied having paid any EFCC officer to drop the money laundering accusations against him.
The controversial social media sensation also described the viral voice recording as fake, stressing that the claim that he was never in prison was false and should be ignored.
Bobrisky wrote:
“My attention has been drawn to a fake voice recording circulating on the internet that I paid EFCC 15 million naira, and that I was never in prison… I didn’t pay any EFCC money, is a very big lie. I served my term in full, and I came out. Discard any false information.”
