04/04/2024                                                                            
                                    
                                                                            
                                            Bobrisky to be Arraigned Friday for Alleged N180.7m Money Laundering  ... abuse of N490k Naira notes
Popular cross-dresser, Idris Okuneye a.k.a Bobrisky will be arraigned at the Federal High Court (FHC) in Lagos on Friday, April 5, 2024 by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over naira abuse and failure to declare his firmās activities involving the sum of N180.7million. Bobrisky was arrested on Thursday.
The anti-graft agency filed the charge against the social media celebrity on Thursday, April 4, 2024, through Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Rotimi Oyedepo. It followed a statement on Thursday by the commission announcing Bobriskyās arrest a day earlier for alleged Naira abuse.
In the charge marked FHC/L/244c/2024, the EFCC listed six counts against the defendant.
In the first four counts, the defendant was accused of naira abuse. While the 5th and 6th counts accused him of offences connected with his company, Bob Express.
The six counts read in part: āThat you, Okuneye Idris Olanrewaju, on the 24th day of March, 2024, at Imax Circle Mall, Jakande, Lekki, whilst dancing during a social event tampered with the total sum of N400,000 notes by spraying same.
āThat you, OKUNEYE IDRIS OLANREWAJU, between July and August, 2023 at Aja Junction, Ikorodu, whilst dancing during a social event tampered with the sum N50,000, by spraying same
āThat you, OKUNEYE IDRIS OLANREWAJU, sometimes in December, 2023 at White Steve Event Hall, Ikeja, during a social event tampered with the sum N20,000 by spraying same.
āThat you, OKUNEYE IDRIS OLANREWAJU, sometimes in 2022 at Event Hall, Oniru, Victory Island, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court whilst dancing during a social event tampered with the sum N20,000 by spraying sameā¦ā
The four counts were said to have contravened Section 21(1) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Act, 2007.
Counts 5 and 6 read: āThat you OKUNEYE IDRIS OLANREWAJU trading under the name and style of BOB EXPRESS, between 1