Bobrisky Drags EFCC, NASS To Court, Demands N1.2bn For Alleged Rights Abuse
Nigeria’s crossdresser, Idris Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, has dragged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and National Assembly to Court demanding N1.2bn in damages for alleged violation of his fundamental rights.
Didactic Information Hut recalls that Bobrisky has been in deep waters after Activist VeryDarkMan shared a purported audio conversation wherein he had claimed to have paid some EFCC officials N15 million to drop money laundering charges against him.
After succeeding at escaping from Nigeria due to the lingering travails, Bobrisky on Saturday, took to Instagram to share a court file dated October 10 prohibiting EFCC and National Assembly from harassing, detaining, or declaring him wanted.
In the lawsuit, Bobrisky said that EFCC invited him for investigation based on a hearsay WhatsApp phone call published by VeryDarkMan.
He added that EFCC failed to investigate the authenticity of the recording, which led to his ridicule on social media, threats from unknown persons, and invasion of his privacy.
The Court document shows that Bobrisky is seeking N200 million from EFCC for psychotic trauma and N1 billion from the National Assembly for violating his right to a fair hearing.
“The sum of one billion against the 1st respondent being damages for unlawful attempt to violate the right to fair hearing of the applicant, violate his right from discrimination, violate his right to private and family life, right to privacy of his home and telephone conversations.
“The sum of two hundred million naira against the 2nd respondent being damages suffered, psychotically trauma, mental torture and criminal stigmatisation caused by the reckless report given by the 2nd respondent to the 1st respondent without any proper investigation and fair hearing stating that the doctored social media published audio by VeryDarkMan was true, having not carried out any formal and proper investigation by contacting WhatsApp and laying before the committee that the hearsay doctored evidence was confirmed to be true and authentic.
“The violation of the right of freedom of movement, right to privacy of his telecommunication, ” the document read in part.
