THE Nigeria Police Force has stated that it cannot arrest crossdressers, including Okuneye Idris Olanrewaju, also known as Bobrisky.
There have been calls for Bobrisky’s arrest, particularly after he received the disputed Best Dressed Female award at a Nollywood event.
Socialites like Portable and VeryDarkMan have asked the authorities to arrest him because his moral viewpoint contradicted the Constitution.
Speaking with Channels TV yesterday, Force Public Relations Officer Olumuyiwa Adejobi stated that crossdressers cannot be jailed because it’s a dicey situation.
He added that cross-dressing is not yet a punishable violation in Nigeria.
He further noted that, while there may be allegations that those who cross-dress are also members of the LGBTQ community, there is no concrete evidence to back it up, thus 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.”
