EFCC Summons Bobrisky, VeryDarkMan Over N15m Bribery Allegation Against Its Officials

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has summoned activist VeryDarkMan and crossdresser Bobrisky for questioning over claims of bribery involving some of its officials.

This comes after VeryDarkMan, whose real name is Martins Otse, posted a video where Bobrisky stated that she had paid N15,000,000 to certain EFCC officials to have her money laundering charges dropped.

KanyiDaily recalls that Bobrisky, born Idris Okuneye, was released from prison on August 5, after being sentenced to six months on April 12 for abuse of Nigeria’s currency, the Naira.

He was originally facing six charges, including money laundering involving N127,780,877.98, which was reportedly deposited into his company’s account at Eco Bank between September 2021 and April 2024.

However, these charges were dropped after Bobrisky’s lawyer, Suleiman Suleiman, informed the court that a deal had been made with the EFCC.

Suleiman was quoted as saying, “We have an agreement with the defendant, which will lead us to withdraw counts 5 and 6. In the circumstance, we’re humbly urging the court to strike out counts 5 and 6, leaving counts 1 to 4 alive.”

Despite this, Bobrisky was still convicted for abusing the naira.

On Tuesday, EFCC spokesperson Dele Oyewale issued a statement explaining that the agency had invited Bobrisky and VeryDarkMan to their Lagos office to assist with the investigation into the bribery allegations.

According to Oyewale, EFCC Chairman has ordered an immediate investigation following Bobrisky’s claims, which were shared in a video by VeryDarkMan.

He said, “The EFCC chairman has ordered an immediate investigation of alleged bribery allegations imputed to some officers of the Commission by Idris Okuneye(a.ka. Bobrisky) in a viral video circulating across the country.

“Okuneye, an ex-convict, had alleged in the video powered by VeryDarkMan that some unnamed officers of the EFCC collected the sum of N15,000,000 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 in unearthing the alleged bribery.”

Oyewale reassured the public that the investigation would be thorough, and the findings would be made public.

“The EFCC wishes to assure the public that the allegations would be thoroughly investigated and the result of the findings made public accordingly. The Commission is committed to its core values of integrity, courage, professionalism and collaboration at all times.,” he added.

KanyiDaily recalls that Bobrisky who was sentenced to six months in prison, recently regained his freedom after over four months in jail.