How Bobrisky Begged Me For Three Million To Pay For VIP Prison-Falz

Popular Nigeria rapper, Folarin Falana popular as Falz has revealed how cross-dresser, Idris Okuneye popular as Bobrisky begged him for N3 million to secure a VIP section at the correctional centre where he served his jail term.

Falz reaction comes after a letter from his legal team, Falana & Falana Chambers, to Martins Vincent Otse popular as VeryDarkMan, demanding the retraction of defamatory statements made against Falz.

According to the letter, the controversial social media post suggested that Falz had conspired with Bobrisky to “pervert the course of justice” by assisting him financially to secure a favourable outcome for his legal troubles.

In the letter dated September 26, 2024, Falz’s lawyer, Taiwo E. Olawanle, outlined the sequence of events, explaining that while Bobrisky had indeed reached out to Falz for advice, Falz firmly rejected the notion of providing financial assistance, insisting that no payments were necessary.

The letter read, “Your publication of September 25, 2024, on your Instagram page captioned “In everything and everyone that is mentioned here, I will be disappointed if truly FALZ and his father are involved in this whole Bobrisky issue…” has been drawn to our notice wherein you made some defamatory statements against our client.

“To set the records straight, our client never at any point initiated a conversation with Mr Idris Okuneye. Our client has documentary evidence that Mr. Idris was in fact the one who initiated a call.

“Specifically, on the 4th of May 2024, Mr Idris Okuneye (AKA Bobrisky) contacted our client requesting a phone conversation with him. Our client gratuitously obliged, having knowledge of the Naira abuse charges leveled against him, and genuinely believing he might require legal advice.

“Mr Idris Okuneye (Aka Bobrisky) called shortly after but instead of soliciting legal advice, stated that he was in distress and needed financial assistance of about N3,000,000 (Three million Naira) which he claimed he needed to pay some officials to be permitted to stay in the VIP section of the Correctional Centre.”

The letter added, “Our client, in the same conversation, advised him that there was no need to pay the officials of the Correctional Centre any money. However, Mr Idris Okuneye (Aka Bobrisky) stated that his lawyers had messed up his case by asking him to plead guilty to the charges filed against him. Mr Idris Okuneye (Aka Bobrisky) insisted on his request for the money which our client continuously disapproved.

“Without contacting our client, you went ahead to publish a careless statement containing multiple allegations including an insinuation that our client is involved in a homosexual affair and intended to get a presidential pardon for Mr Idris Okuneye.”

Falana & Falana Chambers demanded an immediate retraction of the defamatory statements and a public apology to be issued across all platforms where the accusations were disseminated. The letter warned that failure to comply within 24 hours would result in legal action, including a claim for monetary damages for the harm caused to Falz’s reputation.

It would be recalled that in a viral video shared by VeryDarkMan, he revealed Bobrisky’s allegation that unnamed EFCC officers collected N15 million from him to drop money laundering charges.

However, Bobrisky subsequently denied the bribery allegations. The denial came after the EFCC Chairman, Ola Olukoyede, and the Interior Minister Tunji-Ojo both ordered an immediate investigation into the matter.

While Olukoyede quickly constituted a team to investigate the matter in his agency, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo ordered an unconditional and comprehensive probe of the Controller General of the Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS), Haliru Nababa whose boys Bobrisky alleged he paid to avoid spending his term in jail.