Idris Okuneye, the Nigerian cross-dresser, who is popularly known as Bobrisky has shared his thoughts after VeryDarkMan reacted to his N1bn lawsuit.
Recall that VeryDarkMan, in a video he released, dismissed Bobrisky’s N1 billion lawsuit against him and said he would not lose the case.
In a post shared on his Instastories, Bobrisky described it as an empty vessel.
Martins Vincent Otse, the social media critic, who is popularly known as Very Dark Man (VDM), has reacted to the N1 billion lawsuit Bobrisky filed against him.
In a video shared on his Instagram page this afternoon, VDM laughed off the lawsuit. He said those involved in the matter will ‘exchange their credibility’’ for his ‘publicity’.
He said because of this case, some people’s integrity will go down and he will make sure he suffers them in court.
‘’You will hate why you take this case like this. I promise you that,” he said
‘’From the beginning when I posted that thing, barely 24 hours, Falz gave me 24 hours that I should apologise that I should retract it. On the other hand, Bobrisky was confused. He kept on posting some things to the point where he said he was depressed and wanted to k!ll himself.
“From nowhere, Bobrisky now gathered strength to the extent he has sued me and even giving me 24 hours. That means, it is like they are working together now. I am begging to feel like the reason why nobody is addressing Bobrisky is because if they address Bobrisky, he will say some more things that will cause problems because his mouth ‘leaks’ so they are obviously trying to cover something.”
VDM wondered how Bobrisky was able to have a phone to make calls for long when phones were not allowed in prison.
‘’You people are playing with me. You people will suffer in this case. If your credibility doesn’t go for my credibility in this case, may God punish me. If anything happens to me in this case, may God punish me. I go nowhere.
“It is you people that this thing will stain The only person that will enjoy all of this is Deji Adeyanju who is my lawyer. You people will boost his profile because I cannot lose. I never lose and I will not lose. ‘’
Idris Okuneye, the popular Nigerian cross-dresser, who is also known as Bobrisky, has filed a lawsuit against internet activist and critic, VeryDarkMan, VDM, over an audio posted by the latter on his social media handle.
The post captured an alleged voice record of the crossdresser telling a third party how he allegedly bribed officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, with N15 million to drop the money laundering charge levelled against him earlier this year.
The voice record also indicted some officials of the Nigerian Correctional Service, NCS, who allegedly permitted Bobrisky to spend his six-month jail term outside the prison.
Bobrisky has, however, disowned the audio, stating that the voice recording purportedly implicating him in any wrongdoing were Artificial Intelligence (AI) generated.
In a letter he shared on his Facebook page on Sunday, Bobrisky’s legal team demanded that VeryDarkMan delete the audio clip immediately, issue a public apology in two national newspapers, and record a video apology to be shared across all social media platforms.
The suit also demands that VeryDarkMan cease publishing defamatory content about Bobrisky and pay N1 billion in damages within 24 hours.
Part of the letter reads, “We demand, on behalf of our client, a written apology published in two national daily newspapers, a video recording of your apology to our client shared on all your social media platforms, a commitment to refrain from reporting or publishing defamatory content against our client, and the payment of N1,000,000,000 in damages within 24 hours of this letter via social media or any other means.”
Martins Vincent Otse, the popular Nigerian social media influencer, who is also known as VeryDarkMan will appear before the House of Representatives on Monday over the bribery allegations made against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
VeryDarkMan had released an audio of crossdresser, Idris Okuneye aka Bobrisky claiming to have bribed EFCC officials with N15 million to drop the money laundering case against him.
In the alleged video, Borisky also claimed he never spent his six-month jail term in Kirikiri prison in Lagos because his godfather made arrangements for him in a lodge.
Aggrieved by the allegation, the House of Representatives had invited VeryDarkMan, Bobrisky and EFCC Chairman, Ola Olukoyede as part of its probe into the matter.
However, VeryDarkMan’s lawyer, Deji Adeyanju, said his client would honour the invitation as part of efforts to assist with the investigation.
Chatting with Daily Post on Sunday, Adeyanju said: “We will be at the National Assembly tomorrow with our client @thatverydarkman to assist in investigations into allegations by Bobrisky that he/she paid N15m to have money laundering charges dropped by EFCC and also bribed prison officials to stay in an apartment.”
Reality TV star Ike Onyema has criticized Nigerians for focusing on the VDM/Bobrisky situation instead of addressing the rising cost of living.
In a post shared on his Instagram page, Ike said the prices of gas, food items and even rent are increasing by the day but people are more interested in the story concerning Bobrisky not allegedly spending time in jail after he was sentenced to prison for abuse of Naira.
The statement was made in an audio recording released by Very Dark Man.
Reacting to the all buzz, Ike said it’s misplaced priorities.
On Friday, the House of Representatives summoned EFCC Chairperson Ola Olukoyede, social media influencer VDM (Martins Otse), and Bobrisky regarding allegations of bribery involving the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Nigeria Correctional Service.
In a letter dated 27th September 2024, the committee asked the EFCC Chairman, Ola Olukoyode, and the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Correctional Service, Haliru Nababa to appear on Monday the 30th, with all officers involved in the allegation.
Others invited are ACG Ben Rabbi Freedman the Controller of Corrections Lagos Command as of then, Ja’afaru Ahmed Secretary Board, Micheal Anugwa DCC in charge of medium Security, Sikiru Adekunle DCC in charge of Maximum Security, Bobrisky and VeryDarkman.
The allegation of bribery was made against the anti-graft agency and the Nigeria Correctional Service involving Bobrisky, who was sentenced earlier this year to six months in prison for abuse of the naira.
In a trending audio conversation made public by VeryDarkMan, it was alleged that Bobrisky paid N15 million to EFCC to drop charges of money laundering initially made against him and that he spent time in a VIP facility instead of prison.
This comes after the House of Representatives launched a probe into the alleged bribery against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Prison experts have clarified why controversial crossdresser Idris Okuneye, known as Bobrisky, was reportedly provided with an apartment to serve his six-month sentence.
Speaking on Arise TV Morning Show on Friday, the Director General of the Prison Rehabilitation Mission, Bishop Kayode Williams, highlighted different prison accommodations in Nigeria.
In his words: “There are accommodations for condemned prisoners, those sentenced to death, who must not mingle with other inmates. The second accommodation is convicted inmates, who are the owners of the prison.
“The accommodation that is provided for males, are they going to bring Idris with his transgender body /look to go and sleep in the general cell? The first thing they do is decide how to treat someone like that.
“They provided him a special place for protective custody because, with his appearance, he would be in danger.
“He looks like a woman, moves like a woman, and there are homosexual inmates who would be willing to take things to extreme lengths.”
Supporting with Kayode, the former National PRO of the Nigerian Correctional Service, Francis Enobore, said that the service profiles each inmate for both their safety and the general prison environment.
“Yes, he confessed in court that he is a man but he came in bodily showing that he is a woman. Some of the people behind bars are unrepentant homosexuals. There is no doubt that if care is not taken, we will have a very serious security situation on our hands,” he said.
Nigerian journalist, Rufai Oseni, has reacted to the controversy surrounding Bobrisky after he served a six-month sentence at Kirikiri Correctional Centre.
Recall VeryDarkMan sparked outrage by releasing a purpoted audio recording of Bobrisky.
In the recording, Bobrisky allegedly claimed that the EFCC received a large bribe to drop money laundering charges, served his sentence in a private apartment due to his godfather’s connections, and offered a substantial sum to Falz and his father, Femi Falana, to avoid prison.
Falz denied these allegations in a lawsuit.
On Arise TV, Rufai Oseni stated that VeryDarkMan should not have implicated Falz and his father.
Rufai Oseni urged VeryDarkMan to release the second part of the recording to uncover Bobrisky’s elusive godfather’s identity.
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