….Over alleged violation of anti-gay legal guidelines
By Efe Onodjae
A safety marketing consultant within the Federal Capital Territory, who additionally claims to be the interim nationwide chief of #EndbadgovernanaceinNigeria Motion, Faruq Muhammad, has decried the shortcoming of the police in Lagos to attempt well-liked influencer, Okuneye Idris, popularly often known as Bobrisky, for violating anti-gay regulation within the nation.
He threatened to go to any size with the intention to be certain that the cross-dresser was dedicated to jail.
The safety marketing consultant stated he petitioned the Inspector Common of Police, Kayode Egbetokun over the actions of Bobrisky and he directed Lagos state Police command to analyze him however regretted that many months after the directive, the police in Lagos have been unable to hold out IGP’s directives.
In his petition, the businessman stated: “Bobrisky’s latest social media posts, which allegedly depict sexual acts between males, violate Nigeria’s Similar Intercourse Marriage Prohibition Act.”
He cited two video clips posted by Bobrisky on his verified Fb account, every containing express content material, including that the movies promote homosexuality and disrespect Nigerian regulation, which prohibits same-sex relationships and actions.
Stating that his grievance follows a decade of offering insights to Nigerian safety forces, receiving commendations from high-ranking officers together with the Senate President and the Inspector Common of Police, he argued that Bobrisky’s actions not solely flout the regulation but in addition mock the Nigerian authorized system by flaunting his perceived immunity as a public determine.
In keeping with him, “I took motion in opposition to Bobrisky to avoid wasting Nigeria from God’s calamity however the policemen on the Lagos State Command have been illegally making an attempt to dudge the directive of the IGP on the matter as they invited, detained and granted him bail on September 4, 2024, with out informing me because the petitioner or most of the people. That’s what made me very sceptical over the matter. I think that one thing suspicious and doubtful occurred to silence the case. If this occurs, it would imply {that a} historic betrayal has been dedicated in opposition to the Nigerian state.
“As a patriotic Nigerian and an indigene of Kano State, I’ve condemned the actions of Bobrieky and known as on the police to verify his excesses with out commensurate motion. Bobrisky has posted himself and different males partaking in applicable actions. The second three-minute thirty-seven-second video clip was additionally posted by Mr. Idris Bobrisky on the identical platform on March 1, 2024, with a caption: “Particular time with my man.