Prison Time: 2 Senior Officers Suspended After Viral Voice Note Claiming Bobrisky Was Allowed To Stay In Private Apartment

Two senior correctional officers at the Kirikiri Medium Custodial Centre , Lagos , have been suspended by the Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board .

The officers were suspended following a viral voice note that surfaced courtesy of Martins Otse, who is popularly called Very Darkman , transgender woman and a LGBT personality, Idris Okuneye, popularly called Bobrisky, had in the said voice note claimed that his godfather in connivance with the Controller General of the Nigerian Correctional Service, arranged for him to stay in a private apartment during his prison time.

Recall that Bobrisky had in April this year gotten a 6-month sentence for abusing the naira and it was without an option of a fine..

Recall also that he was earlier arrested and detained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, April 3, 2024.   He was invited  sequel to the video  that was taken while he was spraying new naira notes at the premiere of Eniola Ajao’s movie titled, ‘Ajakaju’, on March 24, 2024.

The event  was held at FilmOne Circle Mall, Lekki, Lagos,

Justice Abimbola Awogboro of the Federal High Court , Lagos, had declared Bobrsiky  convicted on Friday, April 12, 2024.

The 33-year-old Instagram celebrity left the Kirikiri Correctional Centre, Lagos on Monday, August 5.

 Team@orientactualmags.com learned that a memo signed by the secretary of the board, Ja’afaru Ahmed, noted that those who were suspended are the Deputy Controller of Corrections In-Charge of Medium Security Custodial Centre, Kirikiri, Lagos State, Michael Anugwa and Deputy Controller of Corrections In-Charge of MSCC Kiri-Kiri Lagos State, Sikiru Adekunle.

‘Following the viral video trending on social media on alleged infractions by Officers of the Nigerian Correctional Service relating to Mr. Idris Okuneye, widely known as Bobrisky, the Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board has suspended forthwith the following Senior Officers of the Service:

 Michael Anugwa, DCC, In-Charge of MSCC, Kiri-kiri, Lagos State; and Sikiru Adekunle, DCC, In-Charge of MSCC, Kiri-kiri, Lagos State.

Also, the Board has suspended ASC II Ogbule Obinna, serving at the MSCC, Afikpo, Ebonyi State, for allegedly accompanying a convicted inmate out of the Custodial Centre to a location outside the facility.

 In another related development, the Board has equally suspended another Senior Officer of the Service, Iloafonsi Kevin Ikechukwu, Deputy Controller of Corrections, In-Charge of Medium Security Custodial Centre, Kuje-Abuja, for allegedly receiving monies on behalf of an inmate’ the board submitted .

Ahmed, however  noted that the officers in question were suspended in order to allow proper investigation into the allegations against them.

‘The suspension of these Officers is to allow for further investigation on the various allegations while assuring that the outcome would be made public when concluded’ he said.

 Developments recorded in succession since last week had made Bobrisky be in the spotlight, and it also has a rapper and activist, Folarin Falana, popularly called Falz and Martins Vincent Otse as dramatis personae.

Falz’s lawyer,  Taiwo E. Olawanle of  Falana & Falana Chambers,  sent a letter to Martins Vincent Otse on Wednesday  demanding the retraction of defamatory statements made against  the musician.

The lawyer  noted that Martins had in his social media posts  implied  that  Falz had conspired with Bobrisky to “pervert the course of justice” by assisting him financially to secure a favourable outcome for his legal troubles.

In the letter in question dated September 26, 2024, Falz’s lawyer, outlined the sequence of events, explaining that while Bobrisky had actually reached out to Falz for advice, he had firmly rejected the idea of providing financial assistance, insisting that no payments were necessary.

‘Your publication of September 25, 2024, on your Instagram page captioned ‘In everything and everyone that is mentioned here, I will be disappointed if truly FALZ and his father are involved in this whole Bobrisky issue…’ has been drawn to our notice wherein you made some defamatory statements against our client.

To set the record  straight, our client never at any point initiated a conversation with Mr Idris Okuneye. Our client has documentary evidence that Mr. Idris was in fact the one who initiated a call.

 Specifically, on the 4th of May 2024, Mr Idris Okuneye (AKA Bobrisky) contacted our client requesting a phone conversation with him. Our client gratuitously obliged, having knowledge of the Naira abuse charges leveled against him, and genuinely believing he might require legal advice.

Mr Idris Okuneye (Aka Bobrisky) called shortly after but instead of soliciting legal advice, stated that he was in distress and needed financial assistance of about N3,000,000 (Three million Naira) which he claimed he needed to pay some officials to be permitted to stay in the VIP section of the Correctional Centre.

Our client, in the same conversation, advised him that there was no need to pay the officials of the Correctional Centre any money. However, Mr Idris Okuneye (Aka Bobrisky) stated that his lawyers had messed up his case by asking him to plead guilty to the charges filed against him. Mr Idris Okuneye (Aka Bobrisky) insisted on his request for the money which our client continuously disapproved.

Without contacting our client, you went ahead to publish a careless statement containing multiple allegations including an insinuation that our client is involved in a homosexual affair and intended to get a presidential pardon for Mr Idris Okuneye’ the lawyer said.

Falana & Falana Chambers  also demanded an immediate retraction of the defamatory statements and a public apology to be issued across all platforms where the accusations were disseminated warning  that failure to comply  and take action within 24 hours would result in  a legal action, including a claim for monetary damages for the harm caused to Falz’s reputation -Team@orientactualmags.com  Do you have any information you wish to share with us? Do you want us to cover your event or programme? Kindly send SMS to 08059100286, 09094171980 or get in touch via orientactualmag@gmail.com.  Thank you