Jail consultants have clarified why controversial crossdresser, Idris Okuneye, popularly referred to as Bobrisky, was separated from different inmates on the correctional centre whereas denying claims of a VIP part.
Talking on Come up TV’s The Morning Present on Friday, the Director Normal of the Jail Rehabilitation Mission, Bishop Kayode Williams, defined the lodging offered for inmates based mostly on totally different classes.
He stated, “There are lodging for condemned prisoners, these sentenced to loss of life, who should not mingle with different inmates. The second lodging is convicted inmates, who’re the homeowners of the jail.”
Addressing Bobrisky’s scenario, Williams added, “The lodging that’s offered for males, are they going to deliver Idris along with his transgender physique /look to go and sleep within the common cell? The very first thing they do is determine the right way to deal with somebody like that.
“They offered him a particular place for protecting custody as a result of, along with his look, he can be at risk. He appears to be like like a lady, strikes like a lady, and there are gay inmates who can be prepared to take issues to excessive lengths.”
Former Nationwide PRO of the Nigerian Correctional Service, Francis Enobore, corroborated Williams’ feedback, explaining that the service profiles every inmate for each their security and the overall jail setting.
“Sure, he confessed in court docket that he’s a person however he got here in bodily exhibiting that he’s a lady. A number of the folks behind bars are unrepentant homosexuals. There is no such thing as a doubt that if care shouldn’t be taken, we could have a really critical safety scenario on our palms,” he stated.
Nonetheless, Enobore refuted claims of Bobrisky being given a personal part, stating, “There’s no such factor as a personal condo or something particular within the jail.”
Controversy round Bobrisky’s incarceration started earlier within the week after Martins Otse, often known as VeryDarkMan, shared a voice be aware through which Bobrisky allegedly claimed that following his conviction for abuse of naira notes in April, his godfather, together with the Controller Normal of the Nigerian Correctional Service, organized for him to serve his six-month sentence in a personal condo.
In the meantime, the Civil Defence, Correctional, Hearth and Immigration Companies Board introduced on Thursday the suspension of two deputy controllers in command of the Kirikiri Medium Custodial Centre in Lagos, in connection to Bobrisky’s alleged bribery claims.
