Bobrisky Wasn’t Moved From Ikoyi Prison To Kirikiri – NCoS

The Nigeria Correctional Service has come out to refute claims that Bobrisky was moved from the Ikoyi custodial centre to its other facility in Kirikiri, Lagos State.

A NCoS official recently had his say while speaking to the press, and Nigerians have been reacting.

According to him, the convict did not commit a capital offence to warrant his transfer to a maximum prison where inmates serving life and death sentences are mostly kept, so he does not know where the rumor came from.

He added that Bobrisky was not sentenced to death, and he didn’t get a life sentence either.

His words, “Bobrisky has not been moved, he is still here in Ikoyi. He was not sentenced to death and didn’t get a life sentence either. Those people sentenced to death and given life sentences are mostly kept in the maximum prison. That is mostly based on capital punishment. As for Bobrisky, he didn’t commit a capital offence, so why would they take him to Kirikiri.”

WOW.

Bobrisky is a Nigerian internet personality and philanthropist who is known as a prominent transgender woman in Nigeria, a country with no LGBT rights. She is also known for her presence on the social media app Snapchat.

Born Okuneye Idris Olarenwaju in 1992, Bobrisky completed her secondary school education at King’s College, Lagos. She also attended graduate school at the University of Lagos (UNILAG).

She became recognized by being highly controversial on social media for the ultra conservative Nigerian standards. Bobrisky was able to gather traffic to her Snapchat account when she claimed she had a lover who is assumed to be of masculine gender despite the law in Nigeria stating that same sex relationships is an offence punishable by serving 14 years in a penitentiary.

Bobrisky has a fair share of fans and has been asked by certain event planners to give speeches at their events. In 2019, Otunba Olusegun Runsewe, Director General of Nigeria’s National Council for Arts and Culture, called Bobrisky “a national disgrace” and said she would be “dealt with ruthlessly” if caught on the streets.