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EFCC arrests popular crossdresser, Bobrisky

Online reports stated that Bobrisky was arrested at Pinnock Estate in Lagos State on April 3.

• April 4, 2024
Bobrisky
Idris Olanrewaju Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have arrested popular social crossdresser, Idris Okuneye, also known as Bobrisky.

Sources at the EFCC who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to speak to the press confirmed the development to Peoples Gazette on Thursday.

Though details of the arrest remained sketchy as of the time this story was filed, online reports stated that he was said to have been arrested at Pinnock Estate in Lagos State on April 3.

When contacted, the spokesperson for the commission, Dele Oyewale, told our reporter that he would issue an official statement regarding the development.

More details later.

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