Nigerian social media persona Idris Okuneye, broadly generally known as Bobrisky, has been launched from Financial and Monetary Crimes Fee (EFCC) custody, the place he denied allegations of bribery related to a viral audio recording.
The recording, purportedly that includes Bobrisky’s voice, recommended he paid a N15 million bribe to EFCC officers to dismiss cash laundering fees.
Bobrisky was detained late Thursday at Lagos’ Murtala Muhammed Worldwide Airport whereas making an attempt to board a KLM flight to Amsterdam, finally certain for London.
Following his arrest, Bobrisky knowledgeable his followers on social media that he sustained accidents throughout the incident. He was then transferred to EFCC headquarters in Abuja, the place he was interrogated relating to the bribery allegations linked to the audio recording.
Social commentator Martins Otse, often known as VeryDarkMan, shared the recording, which allegedly options Bobrisky claiming to have paid EFCC officers to evade prosecution for cash laundering.
Throughout the interrogation, nevertheless, Bobrisky firmly denied the allegations, insisting he by no means paid any bribe and difficult Otse to substantiate the recording’s authenticity.
