Omoyele Sowore, the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), has expressed his dissatisfaction with the six-month jail term handed to controversial transgender individual, Idris Okuneye (Bobrisky), for the mutilation of the Naira currency by a Federal High Court in Lagos.
Sowore protested against what he perceives as a misallocation of resources and efforts by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in prosecuting Bobrisky for a non-violent offence.
Sowore, who contested in the 2019 and 2023 general elections, argued that the real perpetrators of economic crimes against Nigeria have not faced similar consequences for their actions.
He criticized the prioritisation of Bobrisky’s case, suggesting that it distracts from more significant financial crimes that have gone unpunished for years.
In his statement on X, Sowore questioned the EFCC’s handling of cases involving “real financial criminals” dating back to 2007, indicating his skepticism regarding the effectiveness and fairness of the commission’s approach to combating financial crimes.
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Sowore wrote: “The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is gleefully announcing that Bobrisky has been jailed for six months without an option of a fine for “mutilating” the Nigerian currency, the Naira.
“The real people destroying the economy, like former President Muhammadu Buhari, his former Attorney General, Abubakar Malami, SAN, his former personal secretary, Tunde Sabiu, and even the former Central Bank of Nigeria governor, @Godwin Emefiele (who was just now granted an N50M bail in Lagos for an offence involving N50billion), are yet to be jailed for the massive economic damage they did to ruin Nigeria. The energy put into prosecuting and jailing a crossdresser, Bobrisky, shows his real offence could not have been spraying Naira at a party.
“Let’s see how the EFCC handles cases involving real financial criminals, a long list being prosecuted since 2007-who destroyed the naira in the near future. #RevolutionNow.”
NIGERIAN TRIBUNE