THE Federal Government investigative panel has revealed that the convicted cross-dresser, Idris Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, served out his six-month prison sentence in custody.
According to media reports, the findings of the investigative panel contradicted an earlier report that Bobrisky was kept out of the custodial centre while serving his jail term in the Ikoyi Custodial Centre, where he was transferred to the Medium Custodial Centre and from the Medium Custodial Centre Kirikiri Apapa, Lagos, to the Maximum Custodial Centre Kirikiri Apapa, Lagos.
The interim report of the panel was received by the Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, on Monday in Abuja.
The panel, however, confirmed that the crossdresser received certain privileges during his time behind bars, including access to his phone, visits by family and friends, and designated inmates to run errands for him.
Recall that Interior Minister Tunji-Ojo had inaugurated the panel about three weeks ago to probe allegations after controversial social critic, Martins Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan, shared a voice note in which Bobrisky purportedly claimed that he bribed some Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) officials fifteen million naira to drop the money laundering charge against him.
The panels headed by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Dr Magdalene Ajani, also had Dr Uju Agomoh, the Executive Director and Founder of Prisoners Rehabilitation and Welfare Action (PRAWA), as its secretary.
Agomoh, while presenting the interim report to the Minister, stated that there was no evidence to support the allegations that Bobrisky stayed outside the prison during his sentence, which lasted from April 12, 2024, to August 5, 2024.
She clarified that Bobrisky served his six-month sentence with the usual remission applicable to such cases.
The Minister of Interior, while receiving the interim report, pledged to ensure full implementation of the same, stressing that all officers implicated would be punished accordingly.