Two senior Nigerian jail officers have been suspended over bribery allegations relating to controversial transgender movie star Bobrisky.
It follows claims by social media influencer Martins Otse, broadly generally known as VeryDarkMan, that some anti-corruption officers had been bribed to drop cash laundering prices towards Bobrisky. She has dismissed the bribery declare.
Bobrisky, whose actual identify is Idris Okuneye, was launched from jail final month after serving a six-month sentence for abusing naira, the native forex. However a courtroom dismissed cash laundering prices.
Nigeria was final yr ranked 145 out of 180 nations within the Transparency Worldwide’s perceptions of corruption index, with bribery named extra prevalent in authorities places of work.
The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) and the Financial and Monetary Crimes Fee (EFCC) have ordered investigations right into a viral video, which Bobrisky has known as “false”, allegedly linking her to the bribery allegation.
Within the leaked video, somebody who’s presupposed to be Bobrisky is heard alleging that she paid $9,000 (£7,000) to EFCC officers to have the cash laundering prices dropped.
It was additionally alleged that she paid some thousands and thousands of naira to safe a non-public condominium close to the jail the place she allegedly served her jail time period.
Bobrisky, who has almost 5 million followers on Instagram, denied the allegations in an Instagram put up.
“I didn’t pay any EFCC cash, which is a really massive lie. I served my time period in full, and I got here out. Discard any false info.”
In an announcement on Thursday, the Civil Defence, Correctional, Hearth, and Immigration Providers Board, mentioned it suspended two jail officers linked to the bribery allegations, which have sparked widespread condemnation within the nation.
Two different senior jail officers had been additionally suspended over separate accusations.
“The suspension of those officers is to permit for additional investigation on the varied allegations whereas assuring that the end result can be made public when concluded,” the assertion added.
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