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Controversial cross-dresser Idris Okuneye has reportedly departed Nigeria just days after being released by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

The embattled cross-dresser shared a video of himself aboard what appeared to be a plane, revealing a screen that hinted at his destination. In the video, he announced that he was traveling on a first-class ticket.

“See you soon, Nigeria. This girl bought a first-class ticket three times; that’s over 30 million. Raise the bar for this girl,” he declared.

In another video featuring a picture of his international passport, he remarked, “That passport disfigured my picture.”

Bobrisky’s departure comes on the heels of his recent arrest by the EFCC. His legal troubles began in April 2024 with a six-month sentence for naira abuse, but reports indicated he spent only three weeks in Kirikiri Prison before being discreetly relocated.

In September, tensions escalated when social media influencer Martins Otse, known as VeryDarkMan, released an audio recording that purportedly featured Bobrisky discussing bribing EFCC officials to dismiss money laundering charges.

Nigerian cross-dresser Idris Okuneye, known as Bobrisky, has filed a lawsuit against internet activist and critic, VeryDarkMan, VDM, over an audio posted by the latter on his social media handle.

The post captured an alleged voice record of the crossdresser telling a third party how he allegedly bribed officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, with N15 million to drop the money laundering charge levelled against him earlier this year.

The voice record also indicted some officials of the Nigerian Correctional Service, NCS, who allegedly permitted Bobrisky to spend his six-month jail term outside the prison.

Bobrisky has, however, disowned the audio, stating that the voice recording purportedly implicating him in any wrongdoing were Artificial Intelligence (AI) generated.

In a letter he shared on his Facebook page on Sunday, Bobrisky’s legal team demanded that VeryDarkMan delete the audio clip immediately, issue a public apology in two national newspapers, and record a video apology to be shared across all social media platforms.

The suit also demands that VeryDarkMan cease publishing defamatory content about Bobrisky and pay N1 billion in damages within 24 hours.

Part of the letter reads, “We demand, on behalf of our client, a written apology published in two national daily newspapers, a video recording of your apology to our client shared on all your social media platforms, a commitment to refrain from reporting or publishing defamatory content against our client, and the payment of N1,000,000,000 in damages within 24 hours of this letter via social media or any other means.”

Nigerian cross-dresser, Idris Okuneye, aka Bobrisky, has deleted all pictures and videos on his Instagram page.

Checks by The Nation on the embattled cross-dresser’s Instagram page reveal that all posts on his page have been deleted.

This comes just 48 hours after popular activist and social media influencer, Martins Vincent Otse, also known as VeryDarkMan, released an audio recording allegedly revealing Bobrisky offering ₦15 million to Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) operatives to drop money laundering charges against him, supposedly helping him evade imprisonment at the Kirikiri Correctional Centre in Lagos.

In response, Bobrisky denied the allegations on social media on Wednesday, September 25, 2024.

He claimed that he had served his jail term and did not bribe EFCC officers and dismissed the recording, purportedly linked to the bribery allegations, calling it fake.

Meanwhile, Bobrisky had in a Facebook post on Thursday, September 26, said he is considering suicide due to attempts to belittle him.

He wrote: “I have never in my life thought about suicide in my life but now is coming to my head seeing what human beings are doing to their fellow human just in the name you want to bring them down by force or because you don’t like them.

“I don’t need sympathy from anyone. People I might have needed sympathy from are my late parent. But who will fight for you? Friends? Haters you won.”

Bobrisky was adjudged the Best Dressed Female at the movie premiere in Lagos over the weekend and received a cash prize of N1 million.

However, reacting via a video message shared on her Instagram account, Amusa said it was a mockery of the women present at the event.

She said, “I was at a colleague of mine premiere yesterday, they said the best dressers are to be picked; one female and one male best dresser. Don’t get me wrong, the winner could be anyone but definitely not a crossdresser. I mean, what’s wrong with us? I don’t understand it.

“I cannot imagine the judges disrespecting every woman that was there. You had to pick a winner, a female best dressed and a male best dressed and you watered the efforts of all the women at the event by giving the best dressed female to a crossdresser. I don’t understand, what is wrong with us?

“If you feel you want to honour crossdressers, you should have created their own category instead of disrespecting women by giving a crossdresser the best dressed female award.”

Cross dresser Idris Okuneye aka Bobrisky has ruled out attendees who will not be spending extravagantly at the burial ceremony of his late father, Kunle Okuneye.

Bobrisky, known for his luxurious lifestyle and larger-than-life persona, recently shared specific conditions for those who want an invitation to his father’s burial.

In a social media post, he made it clear that attendance comes with a hefty price tag.

“Those of you here saying you want me to invite you to my dad’s burial, well, there are conditions. You will come and spray nothing less than 200k because you all know my party is luxury, with enough food and drinks,” he said.

The Nation reported that during the initial burial of his father, a viral video showed a religious cleric cautioning Bobrisky against hosting a lavish celebration for his late father.

However, it appears that Bobrisky is determined to honor his father’s memory in an expensive way.