Nigerian social media personality and cross-dresser, Idris
Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, has filed a lawsuit against internet
activist and influencer, VeryDarkMan, seeking N1 billion in damages.
The legal battle stems from VDM sharing a voice recording,
which he alleged was that of Bobrisky claiming to have bribed officials of the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, with N15 million to drop the
money laundering charge against him.
Bobrisky, however, has denied the claims, stating that the
voice recordings purportedly implicating him in any wrongdoing were
artificially generated using AI technology.
Sharing a letter from her lawyers via her social media
account, Bobrisky sued VDM for N1 billion as damages and gave him 24 hours to
publish a written and video recording apology.Bobrisky,
VeryDarkMan: Reps probe bribery allegations against EFCC, NCSThe House of Representatives has launched an investigation
into bribery allegations against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
(EFCC) and the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS). The allegations, made by VeryDarkMan, claimed that the EFCC
dropped money laundering charges against Idris Okuneye, aka Bobrisky, after
receiving N15 million. Rep Patrick Umoh, representing Ikot Ekpene/Essien Udim/Obot
Akara Federal Constituency, Akwa Ibom State, sponsored the motion during
Thursday’s plenary, expressing concern over the damaging allegations. He emphasized the negative image of Nigeria as a corrupt
nation and the need for urgent action. Addressing his colleagues, Umoh expressed concern over the
widely circulated publication by VeryDarkMan against the EFCC and the NCS. He said, “The publication alleges that the EFCC dropped
money laundering charges against Idris Okuneye, also known as Bobrisky upon
collection of the sum of N15,000, 000. “The publication alleges that Idris Okuneye, upon conviction
for abuse and defacing of the Naira, by the court, did not serve his time at
the Nigeria Correctional Service, but was lodged outside the confines of the
service. “We are disturbed
about the damning allegations against Nigerian critical law enforcement
agencies-the EFCC and the NCS established by this hallowed chambers to fight
correction and incarcerate persons convicted of a crime for correctional
purposes respectively.” He also added that the negative image and portrayal of
Nigeria as a corrupt nation in the publication should not be swept under the
carpet. Speaker Tajudeen Abbas who presided over the plenary
session, referred it to the Committees on Financial Crimes and Reformatory
Institutions.
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