EFCC re-arrests Bobrisky at Lagos airport

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has re-arrested Idris Okuneye, who is well known as Bobrisky, in Lagos.

The controversial social media personality and crossdresser was removed from an Amsterdam-bound KLM flight at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos and detained by immigration officers late Thursday night while attempting to leave the country for London, the United Kingdom.

Bobrisky posted on his Instagram page to alert his followers about the arrest, stating that he sustained injuries during an altercation with the immigration officers.

He alleged that the EFCC was responsible for his detention.

He wrote, “Nigerians help me, EFCC just arrested me. I’m badly injured.”

Sources, however, said his arrest was because he failed to honour several invitations by the commission following his allegations against the EFCC.

Bobrisky had, in a voice note shared by a controversial social critic, Martins Otse, who’s often referred to as VeryDarkMan, allegedly said he bribed EFCC officers with N15m to drop money laundering charges against him.

Although the EFCC denied the allegations, it set up a committee to investigate the matter.

At a press briefing on Thursday, Wilson Uwajaren, the Director of Public Affairs, had hinted that Bobrisky could face a fresh charge from the commission if the allegations against the EFCC were false.

Uwujaren stated that one could be charged for giving false information to the EFCC, let alone making false allegations against the commission.

However, a top source in the commission said on Friday that Bobrisky was picked up to prove his allegations against the EFCC.

The source said, “We have arrested him in Lagos today, and will be flown to Abuja today. He accused us of bribery and corruption; we invited him severally, but he did not show up. He who alleges must be ready to prove. Those allegations are too weighty to allow slide.

“Also, remember that he has also refused to show up at the National Assembly on the matter. We are left with no other choice than to pick him up so that he can substantiate his claims. And that is what we have done. “

Dele Oyewale, the EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity, also confirmed Bobrisky’s arrest.