Controversial Nigerian crossdresser, Idris Okuneye, better known as Bobrisky, has reportedly departed Nigeria just days after being released by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
The embattled cross-dresser, in a series of videos shared on his Instagram story on Monday morning, announced that he was travelling 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 boasted.
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.
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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 controversial social media critic, Martins Otse, aka VeryDarkMan, released an audio recording that purportedly featured Bobrisky discussing bribing EFCC officials to dismiss money laundering charges.
On Thursday night, Bobrisky was stopped and removed from an Amsterdam-bound KLM flight at Murtala Muhammed International Airport while attempting to travel to London.
He alleged that he sustained injuries during the incident and subsequently alerted his followers on social media.
Following the altercation, he was taken to the headquarters of the EFCC in Abuja, where he reportedly faced questioning regarding claims that he had bribed officials with N15 million to dismiss money laundering charges against him.
He was later released on bail on Saturday after he reportedly denied bribing the EFCC in his confessional statement made at the commission’s headquarters.
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