Controversial cross-dresser Idris Olanrewaju Okuneye popularly known as Bobrisky has been sentenced to six months imprisonment at Ikoyi Correctional Centre without any option fine for abusing the Nigeria currency – naira.
Justice Abimbola Awogboro of the Federal High Court, Lagos, in her sentence, said the judgment will serve as a deterrent to others who are fond of abusing and mutilating the naira.
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TheLeadng reports that Bobrisky identified as male before his sentence, so, the judge sent him to Kirikiri Prison, Apapa, Lagos.
As of 2022, Kirikiri Maximun Centre has over 2,000 as against its capacity of 1,056, while the Medium Centre has 3,117 as against 1,948 inmates.
Kirikiri Maximum Security Prison is a prison west of Apapa, Lagos State, Nigeria. It is named after the rural Kirikiri community in which it is situated. A part of the Nigerian Correctional Service, its official capacity is 1,056.
Up until October 2021 at Kirikiri Maximum Security Prison, prisoners were formerly fed N450 worth of food a day. In October 2021 the Senate Committee on Interior increased the daily ration to N1000. Officials of the Nigerian Correctional Service had suggested a 750 naira daily allowance, but the Senate Committee stated that this amount was “grossly inadequate”
