Justice Abimbola Awogboro of the Federal High Court, Lagos, in her sentence, said the judgment will serve as a deterrent to others who are fond of abusing and mutilating the naira.
Controversial crossdresser, Idris Olanrewaju Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, has been sentenced to six months in prison without the possibility of a fine for misusing the Nigerian currency, Naira.
Justice Abimbola Awogboro of the Federal High Court in Lagos said in her ruling that the decision will serve as a deterrent to others who like to abuse and mutilate the naira.
Before sentencing, the judge asked Bobrissky his gender and he quickly replied that he was a man.
He was subsequently sentenced to imprisonment at the Ikoyi Correctional Centre.
The judge decided in her ruling that the prison sentence would begin on March 24, 2024, the day of his arrest.
The court convicted him on April 5 after he pleaded guilty to four counts of misuse of naira brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC .
The judge postponed the hearing until last Thursday for sentencing, but the federal government declared the holiday Eid-El-Fitri.
The charges against him read as follows: “That you, Okuneye Idris Olanrewaju, on the 24th day of March, 2024, at Imax Circle Mall, Jakande, Lekki, within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, while dancing at a social event fake the sum of N400,000.00 four hundred thousand naira issued by the Central Bank of Nigeria by crushing them and you thereby contravened section 21 (1 ) of the Central Bank Act, 2007 and punishable thereunder .
“That you, Okuneye Idris Olanrewaju, between July and August 2023 at Aja Junction, lkorodu, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court whilst dancing during a social event tampered with the sum N50, 000.00 (Fifty Thousand Naira) issued by the Central Bank of Nigeria by spraying same and you thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under section 21(1) of the Central Bank Act, 2007.
“That you, Okuneye Idris Olanrewaju, sometimes in December 2023 at White Steve Event Hall, Ikeja, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court whilst dancing during a social event tampered with the sum N20,000.00 (twenty thousand naira) issued by the Central Bank of Nigeria by spraying same and you thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under section 21(1) of the Central Bank Act, 2007.
“That you, Okuneye Idris Olanrewaju, sometimes in 2022 at Event Hall, Oniru, Victory Island, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court whilst dancing during a social event tampered with the sum N20,000.00 (twenty thousand naira) issued by the Central Bank of Nigeria by spraying same and you thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under section 21(1) of the Central Bank Act, 2007.”
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