Popular crossdresser, Idris Olanrewaju Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, arrived at the Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday to be arraigned.
Bobrisky was driven into court by agents of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in a white bus at about 9:12 am.
The judge presiding over the case is Justice Abimbola Awogboro.
Bobrisky was charged with six counts of abusing naira and allegedly laundering money when he was detained by the EFCC on Wednesday.
The last two counts of the charge are linked with money laundering, while the first four counts focus on naira abuse.
Bobrisky is also accused, in the first count of the charge sheet filed by EFCC Prosecutor Rotimi Oyedepo, Senior Advocate of Nigeria, of tampering with the sum of N400,000 by spraying it while dancing at a social event at the IMAX Circle Mall in Lekki, Lagos.
The second count claimed that Bobrisky spent July and August 2023 at Aja Junction, Ikorodu also allegedly tampered with an additional N50,000 by dancing while spray-painting it at a social gathering.
According to the third count, Bobrisky also sprayed and tampered with an additional N20,000 while dancing at White Steve Event Hall in Ikeja on December 2023.
The fourth count also accused Bobrisky of spraying and tampering with another sum of N20,000 while dancing at another event in Oniru, Victoria Island.
The fifth count says Bobrisky, while trading under the name and style of Bob Express between September 1, 2021, and April 4, 2024, in Lagos, failed to submit to the Special Control Unit Against Money Laundering.
A declaration of the activities of the said company, (Bob Express), within which period the total sum of N127.7 million was paid into the company account domiciled with Ecobank.
In count six, Bobrisky is also charged with violating Sections 6(1)(a) and 19(1)(f) of the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, as well as Section 19(2)(b) of the same Act, by neglecting to file a declaration of the company’s activities within the same time frame that another N53 million was deposited into the company’s account.
