The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos Friday sentenced controversial cross-dresser Idris Olanrewaju Okuneye popularly known as Bobrisky to six months imprisonment without an option fine for abusing the Nigerian currency – naira.
Justice Abimbola Awogboro, who handed down the judgment, said the sentence will serve as a deterrent to others who are fond of abusing and mutilating the naira.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Thursday, April 4, filed a six-count charge of money laundering and abuse of naira against him.
On Friday, April 5, it arraigned Bobrisky on only the abuse of the naira charge. The agency prayed the court to dismiss the money laundering charge.
The court granted the EFCC’s prayer.
Bobrisky pleaded guilty to the naira abuse charge and promised to turn a new leaf.
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