Bobrisky appeals jail term to pay fine

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Popular social media personality and crossdresser Bobrisky, whose name is Idris Olanrewaju Okuneye, has filed an appeal challenging his recent conviction on charges of abusing the Naira note.

Bobrisky had pleaded guilty to the four-count charge preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission before the court. READ ALSO: BOBRISKY’S MALE FEATURES…

He, however, asked the court to set aside the six-month imprisonment sentence imposed on him and replace it with the option of a fine of N50,000 on each of the counts against him.The appeal reads, “The sentence of the Lower Court that imposed maximum penalty of six-months imprisonment without option of fine on the Appellant who is a first time convict without previous record of criminal conviction.

“The reasons adduced by the learned trial Court for the imposition of maximum punishment on the Appellant which is essentially on what foreigners think of abuse of Naira,is perverse and is out of tune with the reality of what the trial Court should have been considered to impose maximum punishment on the Appellant.

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