‘I am a man’ – Bobrisky clarifies gender in court

• He will serve his jail term at the Ikoyi Correctional Centre, with the judge ruling that the sentence would commence from March 24, 2024, the day of his arrest.

Socialite and popular cross-dresser, Idris Olanrewaju Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, has cleared the air regarding the confusion about his gender and the pronoun he should be described with.

Before his conviction and sentencing over naira mutilation by a Lagos court on Friday, the controversial social media personality admitted to being a man.

Within Nigeria reports that Bobrisky was convicted and sentenced to six months imprisonment without an option of fine for abusing the Nigerian currency, the Naira.

Before the sentence was pronounced, the Judge haf asked Bobrisky about his sex, “I am a man,” he quickly replied.

He will serve his jail term at the Ikoyi Correctional Centre, with the judge ruling that the sentence would commence from March 24, 2024, the day of his arrest.

Justice Abimbola Awogboro of the Federal High Court in Lagos, who delivered the sentence, stated that Bobrisky’s imprisonment would serve as deterrent to others who many want to engage in similar acts of abuse and mutilation of the Naira.

Recall that Bobrisky was convicted on April 5 after pleading guilty to a four-count charge of naira abuse brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.

The counts included incidents where Bobrisky was accused of tampering with N400,000 at Imax Circle Mall in Jakande, Lekki; N50,000 at Aja Junction in Ikorodu; N20,000 at White Steve Event Hall in Ikeja; and another N20,000 at an event hall in Oniru, Victoria Island, all between 2022 and 2023