By Akinwale Kasali
Cross-dresser and transgender, Idris Okuneye, popular as Bobrisky, says he lost over N14 million to the disruption of his birthday party by the Police.
He is presently on the run following the invasion by heavily armed policemen of the venue of his planned birthday party, which had Nollywood celebrities in attendance, alongside his fellow cross-dressers, gays, lesbians and transgenders.
The highly piblicised soiree had already commenced at The Pearl Garden off Admiralty way, Lekki, Lagos, when the police stormed the venue, sent everyone out, and sealed the premises.
This act by the police, according to the Lagos State Police Public Relation Officer, Bala Elkanah, was as a result of a tip-off that what would have transpired at the venue was against the laws of the land.
Elkanah stressed that the government was not ready to allow continuous breach of existing laws, noting that allowing public display that would corrupt younger minds and people was inimical to the nation’s consciousness.
Bobrisky was said to have fled the scene and has been in hiding since then .
Bobrisky took to his Instagram page to condemn the police action, stressing that the police made him waste and lose over N14 million already spent for the party.
He also apologised to his guests, saying that he is a hard not to crack, that he will always triumph.
Nollywood actress, Nkechi Blessing Sunday has condemned the police for disrupting the party, and also wanting to arrest Bobrisky.
Sunday defended Bobrisky, accusing the police of denying him his fundamental human rights as a citizen.
Many believe that the ordeal of Bobrisky was connected to his clash of words with Otunba Olusegun Runsewe, the Director General of National Council for Arts and Culture.
Olusegun Runsewe, had threatened to go after Bobrisky and his likes.
Runsewe made the statement in a recent interview, describing the cross-dresser as a disgrace to the nation.
Bobrisky called Runsewe’s bluff on social media and added that he ”Rolls with the big boys in power”.
It would be recalled that former spokesperson to the Lagos Police Command, Dolapo Badmus had earlier stated that any one caught in the act of homosexualism, gayism and their likes would be charged to court and will be jailed for 14 years, stressing that the state will not condone such act.
