SEUN KUTI SPEAKS ON BOBRISKY, EFCC ISSUE

Maverick singer, Seun Kuti, has revealed the role he played in the ongoing saga between controversial cross-dresser, Idris Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, and popular influencer, Martins Vincent Otse, also known as VeryDarkMan.

It will be recalled that VeryDarkMan, on Tuesday night, released a voice recording allegedly by Bobrisky claiming he bribed officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, with N15m to drop the money laundering charge against him.

In the recording, Bobrisky also claimed that he never spent a day in prison after he was convicted and sentenced to a six-month imprisonment, stressing that his godfather arranged for him to serve his term in a lodge instead of a jail.

However, Bobrisky debunked the claims on Wednesday morning, saying that the viral recording was fake because he served his term in prison.

Reacting, Seun Kuti revealed that he was the one who urged VeryDarkMan to expose Bobrisky after he informed him about the existence of the recording.

Speaking during an Instagram live session, Kuti said, “You people are late to the party, I was the first person VeryDarkMan informed about the story. I gave him the go-ahead to expose Bobrisky.”

Meanwhile, the Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC,  Mr. Ola Olukoyede has ordered immediate investigation of alleged bribery allegations imputed to some officers of the Commission by Idris Okuneye(a.ka.a Bobrisky) in a viral video circulating across the country.

Okuneye, an ex-convict had alleged in the video powered by Martins Vincent Otse also known as VeryDarkMan that some unnamed officers of the EFCC collected the sum of N15,000,000( Fifteen Million Naira only) from him to drop money laundering charges against him.

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In a swift reaction, the EFCC’s boss has constituted a Team of Investigators to critically look into the allegations. To this end, the Commission hereby invites both Okuneye and Otse to make themselves available at its Lagos Directorate to assist investigators unearth the alleged bribery.

The EFCC wishes to assure the public that the allegations would be thoroughly investigated and the result of the findings made public accordingly. The Commission is committed to its core values of integrity,  courage, professionalism and collaboration at all times.

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