Nigeria crossdresser Mr Idris Okuneye also known as Bobrisky who claimed he has metamorphose to a woman an has all female features and organs has been confirmed to be a man by the Nigerian Correctional Service
Mr Okuneye, who dresses conveniently on women attires and fit into all female wears was sentenced to six months imprisonment by Justice Abimbola Awogboro of the a Lagos Federal High Court on April 5, 2024 for abusing Naira notes.
A Press statement by the Nigerian Correctional Service -NCS revealing the true gender of Bobrisky reads in part:
“Bobrisky was perceived as an ordinary detainee and underwent a thorough examination, which revealed no evidence of gender or genital organ realignment. His male biological characteristics remained unchanged”, the NCS said.
But Bobrisky had earlier said, he has undergone several surgeries to be implanted females body features.
Explaining how he ventured into transgender, he revealed that he started crossdressing as a marketing strategy while he was selling unisex wears at the University of Lagos. He said he didn’t envisaged crossdressing will lead him into becoming a transgender.
“About 9 years I was at the University of Lagos studying Accounting. I also had a side hustle. I was selling unisex clothes. Most times I will be trying female wears on myself and I loved the outfit”
“From there I moved to female hairstyle to makeup and more women were patronizing my business, so I decided to keep crossdressing since it was lucrative.”
“I wasn’t thinking I was going to do it for a long time. Initially it was just a marketing strategy but people were complimenting me that I look better as a woman than a man, that’s how I ended up being Bobrisky”
He said, he faced resistance from his parents initially but they eventually allowed him to be himself.
