- Safiu Kehinde
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Chairman, Ola Olukoyede, has ordered probe into alleged N15 million bribery of the agency’s operatives by popular crossdresser Idris Okuneye (Bobrisky)
This was disclosed in a statement issued by the EFCC spokesperson, Dele Oyewale.
Following a viral video by social media influencer and activist Martins Vincent Otse popularly known Very Dark Man, alleging that Bobrisky had bribed EFCC officials with a sum of N15 million to drop money laundering charges against him, the
anti-graft agency’s boss set up a team of investigators to look into the allegations while inviting both Bobrisky and Very Dark Man for interrogation.
The statement read in part; “Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede has ordered immediate investigation of alleged bribery allegations imputed to some officers of the Commission by Idris Okuneye(a.ka.a Bobrisky) in a viral video circulating across the country.
“Okuneye, an ex-convict had alleged in the video powered by Martins Vincent Otse( a.k.a VeryDarkMan) that some unnamed officers of the EFCC collected the sum of N15,000,000( Fifteen Million Naira only) from him to drop money laundering charges against him.
“In a swift reaction, the EFCC’s boss has constituted a Team of Investigators to critically look into the allegations.
“To this end, the Commission hereby invites both Okuneye and Otse to make themselves available at its Lagos Directorate to assist investigators unearth the alleged bribery.”