- According to him, Bobrisky was examined when he arrived at the prison and found to have both male and female sex organs.
A Deputy Comptroller of the Nigerian Correctional Services, NCoS, Emby Anukwara, has disclosed the reason behind the decision to give popular crossdresser, Idris Okuneye, aka Bobrisky, a preferential treatment when he was incarcerated at Kirikiri Prison.
Anukwara revealed that Bobrisky was kept in a ‘privilege cell’ while serving his jail term in the prison because it was discovered that he is transgender.
According to him, Bobrisky was examined when he arrived at the prison and found to have both male and female sex organs.
The deputy comptroller made the disclosure at the correctional centre while addressing members of the House of Representatives investigative committee.
The committee had visited the facility as part of their investigative hearing into the allegations against Bobrisky.
A Lagos Court had sentenced Bobrisky to six months in prison for naira mutilation early this year.
But controversial social media sensation, Martins Ortse aka VeryDarkMan, later leaked a audio recording of a conversation involving Bobrisky and one other persons and asserted that Bobrisky never served his jail term at Kirikiri prison as ordered by the court.
In the audio, the crossdresser boosted that he served his jail term in a posh apartment outside the premises of the prison due to the influence of his ‘godfather’.
However, an investigative panel has said there was no evidence that Bobrisky slept outside the prison during his six-month jail term.
However, the officer while addressing the House of Representatives committee, said: “I am Emby Anukwara, Deputy Comptroller of Corrections and officer in charge of Medium when Bobrisky was brought in here.
“On the April 12, 2024, Bobrisky was brought here at about 10:30 pm and at about that time, we could not do the necessary documentation.
“So knowing his history as to if he’s a male or female, we decided to take a proactive action; so I directed that he should be given a single cell in the privilege ward – privilege cell.
“He was taken to P-ward room 2 where we are. The next day when we did the admission, he was taken to medicals where the doctor and matron examined him and said he had a male and female organ.”