Controversial cross-dresser Bobrisky, who is serving his sentence in a private apartment, faces new criminal charges over allegations that he bribed officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to get money laundering charges dropped. could face charges.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reported that the boy was sentenced to six months in prison on April 12 for misusing naira and released on August 5.
TNG shares an audio recording in which a trans woman claims that controversial social media influencer Martins Oste, known as Very Dark Man, had an anonymous “godfather” come to serve her. It was recalled that the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, ordered an investigation in response to the incident. A six-month sentence in a private apartment instead of prison.
Following the controversy, Tunji-Ojo constituted a commission of inquiry into “alleged corruption and other violations against the Nigeria Correctional Service” headed by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Interior, Magdalena Adjani.
Uju Agomo, executive director and founder of Prisoners Rehabilitation and Welfare Action (PRAWA), said in a statement about the findings that Bobrisky slept outside the prison walls after his sentencing but enjoyed some privileges. The committee said it found no evidence that it did.
However, new details in the report reveal that the committee set up to investigate Bobrisky’s claims recommended defamation and criminal charges against the cross-dresser.
The report said it asked the State Department to investigate whether Mr. Bobrisky tarnished the image of the Department of Corrections with false allegations and bribed the EFCC or the Department of Corrections, either directly or through agents.
The committee also said that if Bobrisky’s bribery charges are proven, he should be charged with corrupt practices.
The report states: “The Nigeria Correctional Service should file a defamation action under Sections 373 to 375 of the Penal Code against Mr. Bobrisky for his false claims of circumventing the prison system and damaging the reputation of the institution. ” is written.
“The DSS should be asked to investigate whether Mr. Bobrisky, directly or through his agents, bribed EFCC or NCoS officials. If proven, Mr. Bobrisky should be charged with corrupt practices for bribing public officials. and other related offenses should be prosecuted under the Act.”
The commission also indicted three correctional officers, including former Corrections Commissioner Ben Rabbi Freeman, who was recommended for disciplinary action as outlined in the NCoS terms of service, civil service, and applicable law.
Rabbi Freeman said, “On April 22, 2024, more than four months after the transfer, Okune Idris Olalenwaju was removed from a medium-security storage center without proper documentation of Form 5 and Form 5A. “He was transferred to a maximum security storage center.” The day a prisoner completes his or her sentence. Dating the transfer document in relation to 1a and 1b above.
“I have caused the responsible Ikoyi Depository Center, the responsible Medium Security Depository Center and the responsible Maximum Security Depository Center to sign backdated transfer documents in relation to Okune Idris Olalenwaju.”
Similarly, Michael Anugwa, the deputy commissioner of the Department of Corrections who was in charge of the Kirikiri Intermediate Guard, also claimed in a parliamentary inquiry that he had not been suspended despite formal orders from the Minister of Home Affairs and was subject to disciplinary action. was recommended.
He was charged with accepting Bobrisky into a medium-security storage center on April 12, 2024, without relevant documents and without the necessary transport documents.
“DCC Balogun Sikiru (retd) — Former Maximum Security Storage Center Director who accepted Bobrisky into the Maximum Security Storage Center on April 22, 2024 without any relevant documents or necessary transfer documents, and DCC Balogun Sikiru Kamol Adekunle is the Director of the Maximum Security Storage Center and has backdated the transfer document in connection with the acceptance of Okune Idris into the Maximum Security Storage Center on April 22, 2024, so that this period is still within the Maximum Security Storage Center.・The person in charge of the security storage center was not reopened.
The Panel further recommended an audit of all inmates and detainees, their warrants and other records in all NCoS detention centers, and mechanisms to implement and maintain this as an effective weekly monitoring He added that there is a need to establish a
The report called for “the immediate decommercialization of all welfare and support services for prisoners and ensuring adequate funding and oversight to ensure their continuation.” This includes building sustainable partnerships with civil society organizations (e.g. relevant NGOs and professional associations) on some or all of these.
“Promote the effective implementation of non-custodial measures across the country to reduce the number of people in detention facilities, using imprisonment only as a last resort.”
