In a video posted on the morning of Monday, October 21, social media personality, Vincent Martins Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan, alleged that Socialite, Idris Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky had been arrested by Nigerian Immigration as he attempted to cross the Seme border into the Benin Republic. A few hours later, TVCNews confirmed the development through “an authoritative source in the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS). Does her arrest have anything to do with the Investigation against her? Here’s all there is to know.
Released from jail
Before her arrest this morning, Bobrisky had already been arrested in April for mutilating the Naira and spent 6 months in jail for it. After she was released in August though, there were speculations about her “healthy physical appearance.”
On September 24, 2024, VeryDarkMan released a bombshell by alleging Bobrisky did not serve her six-month sentence inside the four walls of a prison. To support his claims, VeryDarkMan released an alleged voice recording of Bobrisky saying she made her money laundry case go away by giving the EFCC a ₦15 million bribe. The voice in the recording also claimed that human rights lawyer and activist, Femi Falana and his son, Folarin Falana (Falz) offered legal advice that led to the clearing of Bobrisky’s name.
Because of the popularity of everyone involved, as well as the back and forth between Bobrisky and VeryDarkMan, the allegation generated so much attention, that Nigeria’s Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, set up an Investigative Panel to look into the allegations on September 30, 2024.
Not guilty
Reading the results of the investigations
“The panel did not find any evidence thus far that suggested that Mr. Okuneye slept outside the custodial center during the period of his imprisonment, which was from 12th April 2024 to 5th August 2024, which is a six-month correctional sentence with the usual remission applicable.”
Still guilty, sort of
Even though the panel cleared the major allegation against Bobrisky, they found that she received special treatment while she served out her sentence. The privileges she was said to have enjoyed are:
- Furnished single cell
- Humidifier
- Visits from her family and friends whenever she wanted
- Self-feeding
- Inmates assigned to run errands for her
- Access to a television, fridge, and possibly her phone.
More Investigation
The investigative panel thinks that Bobriskys financial status, the uniqueness of her situation, and behaviour, may have contributed to the privileges she enjoyed in prison, but these are just thoughts. To prove these assumptions, they have decided to conduct further investigations that are looking to answer the following questions
- Did the lack of guidelines in handling unique cases like Bobrisky’s contribute to the preferential treatment he got?
- Were the privileges granted to her due to financial motives?
- Did she get these privileges because of corrupt practices by correctional officers?
Why was Bobrisky arrested?
At the moment, NIS has not released any statement confirming it arrested Bobrisky or explaining why it did.
This is a developing story.
