{"id":57378,"date":"2024-11-30T07:47:07","date_gmt":"2024-11-30T07:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=57378"},"modified":"2024-11-30T07:47:07","modified_gmt":"2024-11-30T07:47:07","slug":"court-dismisses-bobriskys-%e2%82%a61-2-billion-lawsuit-against-efcc-nass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/11\/30\/court-dismisses-bobriskys-%e2%82%a61-2-billion-lawsuit-against-efcc-nass\/","title":{"rendered":"Court Dismisses Bobrisky\u2019s \u20a61.2 Billion Lawsuit Against EFCC, NASS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Alexis Uchendu<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A Federal High Court in Lagos has dismissed a \u20a61.2 billion lawsuit filed by popular crossdresser Okuneye Idris Olanrewaju, widely known as Bobrisky, against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), and the National Assembly (NASS).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Bobrisky sought \u20a6200 million in damages from the EFCC, alleging psychological trauma, and \u20a61 billion from the National Assembly for purported violations of his right to a fair hearing.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He also requested an injunction to restrain both parties from harassing, detaining, or declaring him wanted.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The case was rooted in allegations that Bobrisky paid \u20a615 million to the EFCC to drop money laundering charges, a claim that surfaced in a leaked audio recording by social media influencer Martins Otse.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In his judgment, Justice Alexander Owoeye ruled that Bobrisky&#8217;s claims lacked merit and were unsupported by evidence.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHaving evaluated the evidence before this court, it is evident that the applicant failed to provide credible proof to justify the award of the declaratory and injunctive reliefs sought,\u201d the judge stated.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The court also declined to award any damages against the EFCC, with the judge noting that no fundamental rights violations were established. Dele Oyewale, spokesperson for the EFCC, confirmed the ruling, emphasizing that the judgment validated the agency&#8217;s stance.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This development represents a significant legal setback for Bobrisky amid his ongoing controversies involving the anti-graft agency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Alexis Uchendu &nbsp; A Federal High Court in Lagos has dismissed a \u20a61.2 billion lawsuit filed by popular crossdresser Okuneye Idris Olanrewaju, widely known as Bobrisky, against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), and the National Assembly (NASS). &nbsp; Bobrisky sought \u20a6200 million in damages from the EFCC, alleging psychological trauma, and \u20a61 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":57379,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[179],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57378"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57378\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57380,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57378\/revisions\/57380"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}