Nigerian crossdresser Idris Olanrewaju Okuneye, also known as Bobrisky, has appealed his 6 months jail term for abuse of the Naira.
Bobrisky sent to a Correctional Service by a Federal High Court in Lagos after he was charged for abusing the Nigerian legal tender by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
He pleaded guilty to the and was handed the maximum punishment for the offense. He is however, requesting the appellate court to overturn the 6 months jail term handed him by the court.
In the appeal, submitted by his attorney Deji Adeyanju, Bobrisky stated that: “Trial Judge erred in law and facts by his imposition of the maximum sentence of months imprisonment terms against the appellant without option of fine contrary to the provisions of Section 416(2) d of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act of 2015 (“ADCJA”) that prescribed the mandatory guidelines on the trial court on imposition of sentencing after criminal conviction of a first time offender as the appellant is seeking an order setting aside the six months maximum imprisonment sentence imposed on the appellant and in its place, an imposition of a fine in the sum of N50,000 on each of the counts against the appellant”.