{"id":37567,"date":"2024-10-21T13:17:13","date_gmt":"2024-10-21T17:17:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/trans-socialite-did-serve-her-jail-term-nigerian-panel-finds\/21\/10\/2024\/"},"modified":"2024-10-21T13:17:13","modified_gmt":"2024-10-21T17:17:13","slug":"trans-socialite-did-serve-her-jail-term-nigerian-panel-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/trans-socialite-did-serve-her-jail-term-nigerian-panel-finds\/21\/10\/2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Trans socialite did serve her jail term, Nigerian panel finds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A Nigerian investigative panel has dismissed allegations that transgender socialite Bobrisky, sentenced to six months in jail for abusing the national currency, lived in a flat outside prison and didn&#8217;t serve her full term &#8211; but found she did receive other special privileges.<\/p>\n<p>Bobrisky, real name Idris Okuneye, was allowed frequent visits from family and friends, had a furnished single cell, a humidifier, access to television, a fridge, and even a phone, the report sound.<\/p>\n<p>She <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-africa-68742790?xtor=AL-72-%5Bpartner%5D-%5Byahoo.north.america%5D-%5Blink%5D-%5Bnews%5D-%5Bbizdev%5D-%5Bisapi%5D\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:was sent to a male prison for &quot;naira abuse&quot;;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">was sent to a male prison for &#8220;naira abuse&#8221;<\/a> after throwing banknotes around at a film premier in April.<\/p>\n<p>The court dismissed money laundering charges.<\/p>\n<p>The panel was set up by the Ministry of Interior to investigate bribery claims made by social media influencer Martins Otse, widely known as VeryDarkMan, who said officials had been bribed to drop money laundering charges against Bobrisky, who denied this.<\/p>\n<p>Two senior prison officials were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/c9dyqd1wq6po?xtor=AL-72-%5Bpartner%5D-%5Byahoo.north.america%5D-%5Blink%5D-%5Bnews%5D-%5Bbizdev%5D-%5Bisapi%5D\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:suspended over the allegations;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">suspended over the allegations<\/a> last month.<\/p>\n<p>The panel, set up by the Ministry of Interior, said it would need to carry out further investigations to establish whether the privileges provided for Bobrisky &#8220;were financially motivated and based on corrupt practices by correctional officers&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The panel added that sending Bobrisky, a first-time offender, to a maximum security facility had been a violation of the Nigerian Correctional Service Act.<\/p>\n<p>Throwing money in the air, or &#8220;spraying&#8221; is commonly done at Nigerian weddings and other celebrations.<\/p>\n<p>This is technically an offence as the notes then fall to the ground where they can be trodden on. The maximum punishment is six months in jail, however prosecutions were rare until this year.<\/p>\n<p>After her release in August, a viral video of someone purported to be Bobrisky is heard alleging that she paid $9,000 (\u00a37,000) to EFCC officials to have the money laundering charges dropped, which prompted the investigation.<\/p>\n<p>It was also claimed that she had paid millions of naira to get a flat near the prison where she allegedly served her jail term.<\/p>\n<p>Bobrisky, who has nearly five million followers on Instagram, denied that it was her voice in the recordings.<\/p>\n<h2>You may also be interested in:<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"caas-figure\">\n<div class=\"caas-figure-with-pb\" style=\"max-height: 295px\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"caas-img-container caas-img-lightbox caas-img-loader\" style=\"padding-bottom:31%\" 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