Bobrisky announced his foreign trip via his Instagram story on Monday morning. However, he did not disclose his destination.
Controversial Nigerian crossdresser and social media influencer Idris Okunleye, better known as Bobrisky, has finally left the country amid ongoing allegations of bribery against him.
Bobrisky announced his foreign trip via his Instagram story on Monday morning. However, he did not disclose his destination.
“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 wrote.
This comes barely four days after he was stopped from travelling to London by Nigerian security operatives at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos.
SaharaReporters later learned that he was arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
He was later transferred from Lagos to Abuja for proper interrogation.
Explaining the reasons behind the arrest in a telephone conversation with SaharaReporters last Friday, the spokesman for the Commission, Mr Dele Oyewale, said Bobrisky was arrested because he refused to honour an invitation sent to him.
The EFCC official said the crossdresser was arrested in connection with the allegation of bribery against him.
“We arrested him last night and we took him to Abuja because our team investigators are in Abuja,” the EFCC spokesman said.
He continued: “He was trying to run away from mentioning those he said collected bribe from him. We have sent him invitation but he refused to honour our invitation and he was trying to leave the country.
“This was why we arrested him. We want him to come and mention the names of the official involved in the bribery but he has not shown up.”
He was released on bail by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Saturday after he denied the bribery allegation.
A voice note shared by social critic Martins Otse, also known as VeryDarkMan, alleged that Bobrisky had paid EFCC officials N15 million to have money laundering charges against him dropped.
Reports indicated that Bobrisky secured his bail late on Friday night and was subsequently released.
