EFCC probes Bobrisky’s bribery allegation
Bobrisky
EFCC probes Bobrisky’s bribery allegation
Abdullateef Fowewe
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has ordered an investigation into bribery allegations against the controversial crossdresser Idris Okuneye, better known as Bobrisky.
This was disclosed in a statement by the EFCC’s head of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale.
Bobrisky allegedly claimed that EFCC officers accepted N15 million to drop money laundering charges against him, leaving him to plead guilty only to abuse the naira.
The allegations surfaced in a voice recording shared by the controversial activist, Martins Vincent Otse alias VeryDarkMan.
Bobrisky further claimed that he spent his prison time in a private apartment.
The statement reads, “Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr Ola Olukoyede has ordered immediate investigation of alleged bribery allegations imputed to some officers of the Commission by Idris Okuneye (a.ka.Bobrisky) in a viral video circulating across the country.
“Okuneye, an ex-convict had alleged in the video powered by Martins Vincent Otse (a.k.a VeryDarkMan) that some unnamed officers of the EFCC collected the sum of N15,000,000 (Fifteen Million Naira) only from him to drop money laundering charges against him.
“In a swift reaction, the EFCC’s boss has constituted a team of Investigators to critically look into the allegations. To this end, the Commission hereby invites both Okuneye and Otse to make themselves available at its Lagos Directorate to assist investigators unearths the alleged bribery.”
However, the EFCC assured the public that the allegations would be thoroughly investigated and the result of the findings made public accordingly, stating that the anti-graft agency is committed to its core values of integrity, courage, professionalism and collaboration at all times.
