Okuneye Idris Olanrewaju, widely known as Bobrisky, spent merely three weeks in Kirikiri Prison despite being sentenced to six months for naira abuse in April, according to reports from FIJ.
On Tuesday, Martins Vincent Otse, a social media personality known as VeryDarkMan, released a recorded phone conversation in which Bobrisky admitted to serving her sentence outside of prison. She also revealed that she paid N15 million to have the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) remove ‘money laundering’ charges against her.
This controversy has reignited discussions about corruption within Nigerian prisons, prompting Interior Minister Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo to initiate “an unconditional and comprehensive investigation into the allegations of bribery and corruption within the Nigerian Correctional Service.”
Sources familiar with the case informed FIJ that although Bobrisky was taken to Kirikiri following her sentencing in April, she was released after just three weeks. Officially, she was reported to have left the prison in August.
“Guarded Like a President”
“Bob spent only three weeks here with us in Kirikiri before she was taken to another undisclosed location,” a prison official told FIJ. “It was an ‘arranged’ situation, and money was involved.”
The source added that Bobrisky was “guarded like a president” until she was “secretly taken away after three weeks.”
“She received VIP treatment throughout her stay,” the official continued. “She lived in a special cell, and the money she claimed to have paid is indeed true.”
These revelations align with a 2019 undercover investigation by FIJ founder Fisayo Soyombo, who spent time in detention and prison, uncovering that payments could secure better accommodations within the prison system.
