LAGOS, Nigeria – Internet personality Idris Okuneye, widely known as Bobrisky, has been placed in a female detention cell at the Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID) Annex in Alagbon, Lagos State, PUNCH Metro has learned.
According to a source within the facility who spoke on condition of anonymity due to the sensitive nature of the matter, Okuneye was detained in the female cell due to considerations regarding the individual’s lifestyle. The source confirmed that the cell was unoccupied by other detainees at the time of the placement.
“Bobrisky was brought to the FCID, Alagbon, around 10 p.m. on Monday,” the source revealed. “Immigration arrested him at the Seme Border and brought him for safekeeping.”
The detention follows an arrest by immigration officials at the Seme Border on Sunday. Okuneye was initially held overnight before being transferred to the FCID facility in Alagbon.
“We have a lot of cells in Alagbon; and when you are having a case like that, you have to look for the right place to guarantee the safety and security of the person being detained.
“Everybody is conscious of the fact that Bobrisky could be gay and nobody wants to be part of a scandal. If you put him among males, anything can happen and you cannot put him among females. So, they gave him a cell alone and the cell is around the female section and they didn’t have any female inmate around that cell.”
Confirming Okuneye’s detention, the spokesperson for the FCID, Lagos, Mayegun Aminat, during a conversation with our correspondent, on Tuesday, said, “He is detained at the FCID, Alagbon. He is with us and we are to get a remand to keep him in custody today.”
However, efforts to get an updated reaction confirming that Bobrisky was detained in a female cell proved abortive as he did not take his calls and had yet to respond to a text message sent to his mobile number as of the time this report was filed.
PUNCH Metro gathered that further directives were being awaited regarding Okuneye’s case as he was taken to the FCID for safekeeping following his arrest by officials of the Nigeria Immigration Service during his attempt to exit the country through the Seme border.
The source said Okuneye’s attempt to exit the country through the Seme border indicated that he was aware that security agencies were after him.
“From what we gathered, he was trying to escape from the country, but we also think that maybe he is on the blacklist and for him to go to the Seme border, maybe he is aware that they are looking for him,” the source said.
