Why Bobrisky, Other Crossdressers Can’t Be Arrested – Police
The Nigeria Police Force has said it cannot arrest Okuneye Idris Olanrewaju, popularly known as Bobrisky and other crossdressers.
There have been calls for Bobrisky’s arrest, especially after he was controversially awarded Best Dressed Female at a Nollywood event.
But Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, while speaking with Channels TV on Tuesday, said crossdressers cannot be arrested because it is a dicey situation.
He said cross-dressing is not yet a punishable offence in Nigeria.
He noted that there is no specific evidence to back up allegations of people who cross-dress also being a part of the LGBTQ community, hence they cannot take them to court.
“There are some cases that are always very difficult to prove. I’m not ruling out that we have many of them. Let us be reasonable, you can’t have someone you want to prosecute without having credible evidences against them. I have not read anywhere where crossdressing is an offence in Nigeria.
“Some of them that are into crossdressing, the allegation is that they are into something else. That’s where the problem lies. We need to have enough proof, credible evidence to prove that they are actually into that. All those offences are natural offences in Nigeria and they are punishable under our laws.”
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