The investigative panel set up by the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, to probe the allegation that cross-dresser Idris Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, spent his six-months jail term in a private apartment and not in a custodial center, has dismissed the claim. Uju Agomoh who is the Executive Director and founder of Prisoners’ Rehabilitation and Welfare Action (PRAWA) and who served as a member of the panel, stated that there was no evidence to support the claims that Bobrisky stayed outside the prison during his sentence, which lasted from April 12, 2024, to August 5, 2024. “The panel did not find any evidence thus far that suggested Mr. Okuneye slept outside the custodial center during the period of his imprisonment''Vanguard quotes Uju as saying She clarified that Bobrisky served his six-month correctional sentence with the usual remission applicable to such cases. She also mentioned that investigations showed that he received certain privileges during his time behind bars. The Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, inaugurated the panel in Abuja on Monday, September 30 following the relesse of an audio by VDM where Bobrisky claimed to have served his sentence in a flat near the prison

 

The police in Lagos are looking for a 48-year old man, Kadiri Yusuf alias Alado, for allegedly brutalising two of

his children in the Orile Agege area of Lagos. 

The suspect is alleged to have inflicted grievous bodily injuries on his two children, aged 11 and 13 years. 

NAN's City and Crime gathered that the incident was reported at the station by the teacher of one of the children. 

The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, who confirmed the incident said around 5pm on Friday, October 18, the head teacher of a primary school in Orile Agege, reported that at about 7am of the same date, she found out that one of her pupils had wounds all over her body. 

Hundeyin said the teacher further claimed that upon inquiry, the little girl of about 11 years, confided in her how her father, one Kadiri Yusuf alias Alado, used to beat her. 

“The little girl also confided in her teacher that her father also beat up her elder brother whose age was also put at 13. 

“The victims have been retrieved and treated. They have also been handed over to their sister for safe custody. 

The suspect fled from home before the arrival of the police. Efforts are on to apprehend him,” he said.

October 21, 2024