Two Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) employees have been suspended by the federal government due to bribery allegations involving Idris Okuneye, a well-known crossdresser known as Bobrisky.
The Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board (CDCFIB) secretary, Ja’afaru Ahmed, revealed the suspension of the officials in a statement on Thursday.
The two officers suspended over the bribery allegations are Michael Anugwa, deputy controller of corrections in charge of Medium Security Custodial Centre (MSCC), Kiri-kiri, Lagos state, and Sikiru Adekunle, deputy controller of corrections in charge of Maximum Security Custodial Centre (MSCC), Kiri-kiri, Lagos state.
Ahmed further said that Ogbule Samuel Obinna, an employee of the MSCC named Afikpo Ebonyi, was suspended for reportedly going with a convicted prisoner from the detention center to a place outside the building.
He added that Iloafonsi Kevin Ikechukwu, deputy controller of corrections in charge of MSCC, Kuje, Abuja, was suspended for allegedly receiving monies on behalf of an inmate.
Recall that on Tuesday, Martins Otse, better known as VeryDarkMan, shared an audio clip of Bobrisky wherein he claimed that he bribed some EFCC officials with N15 million to drop the money laundering charge against him.
In the purported recording, the crossdresser also claimed that his “godfather”, alongside Haliru Nababa, the controller general of the NCoS, ensured he served the six-month sentence in a private apartment and not in the prison.
Subsequently, the crossdresser denied the bribery claim, while arguing that the viral recording was “fake”.
The viral recording elicited varied reactions as many Nigerians called on the authorities to investigate the allegations involving EFCC and NCoS
