Following the invitation of a popular cross-dresser, Idris Okuneye a.k.a Bobrisky by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on April 4, the Commission will arraign him before a Federal High Court (FHC) in Lagos today.

Bobrisky will be arraigned over naira abuse and failure to declare his firm’s activities involving the sum of N180.7 million. The anti-graft agency filed a charge against the social media celebrity dated April 4, 2024, through Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Rotimi Oyedepo.

In the suit marked FHC/L/244c/2024, the EFCC filed six six-count charges against Bobrisky, which bordered on money laundering connected to his company, Bob Express, and abuse of naira.

Part of the charge read: “That 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.”

His offence contravened the provision of Section 21(1) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Act, 2007 and sections 6(1)(a), 19(1)(f) of the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022 and section 19 (2)(b) of the same Act.

“That you Okuneye Idris Olanrewaju trading under the name and style of Bob Express, between 1st September, 2021 to 4th April, 2024 in Lagos, failed to submit to the Special Control Unit Against Money Laundering a declaration of your activities of the said company within which period the total sum of N127,780,877.98 was paid into the company’s account number 2830002929, domiciled in Eco Bank Plc.’’

Bobrisky’s arrest came barely 24 hours after the Nigeria Police Force said they lacked enough evidence to arrest him for same-sex activities. Recall that there have been calls for Bobrisky’s arrest, especially after social media influencer and blogger, Martins Vincent Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan, in recent videos condemned the award of Best Dressed Female to the cross-dresser at a Nollywood event.

However, the Force spokesperson, ACP Olumuyiwa Ademola, told Channels TV on Tuesday that cross-dressers cannot be arrested because Nigeria has no law against cross-dressing. He also said there is no evidence to support claims that cross-dressers also belong to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and/or Questioning (LGBTQ+) community. He said: “There are some cases that are always very difficult to prove.

“I’m not ruling out that we have many of them. Let us be reasonable, you can’t arrest someone without having credible evidence against them. I have not read anywhere where cross-dressing is an offence in Nigeria.”