Eid-El-Fitr Public Holiday Stalls Bobrisky’s Sentencing Over Naira Abuse

Eid-El-Fitr Public Holiday has stalled Bobrisky’s sentencing over Naira abuse.

 

NewsOnline Nigeria reports that the Eid holiday yesterday stalled judgment by a Federal High Court Lagos against convicted crossdresser, Idris Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, over naira abuse.

This Nigeria news platform understands that Bobrisky was prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for naira abuse.

 

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The court had convicted him on April 5, following his guilty plea to a criminal charge brought against him by the commission.

The court, however, reserved the sentence until April 9 (yesterday) and ordered that Bobrisky be remanded in EFCC custody pending the sentence.

 

However, the case could not proceed following the declaration of Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday as public holidays by the Federal Government to mark Eid.

The court will communicate a new date to the parties involved.

 

NewsOnline Nigeria reported that the EFCC, on April 4, filed six counts against the cross-dresser bordering on naira mutilation and money laundering. He was arraigned on April 5 before Justice Abimbola Awogboro.

He, however, pleaded guilty to the first four counts, as the court had earlier struck out the last two counts following an application by the EFCC.