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Well known Nigeria cross dresser, Iris
Okunei aka Barberski, has burnt Federal High

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Court sitting in legal state not to
issue custodian sentencing because people in his employment

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will suffer while in prison. According
to Barberiski, he was not aware that

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he violated the law by his action
and that the court should show him massive

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being a first term offender of the
charges preferred against him, which he pleaded

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guilty. Barbreski said he has over
five million followers on his social media Hallu

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and he will use his social media
influence to advocate and campaign against the abuse

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of the viral loads. Barbreski stated
this before the court declared him guilty as

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charged. The court after the conviction
the first sentencing to April ninth, twenty

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twenty four and ordered the convict to
remain in EFCC custody. Details of the

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court process as captured by the EFCC
Press Unit rates below. In court.

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The Legal Sonan Command of the Economic
and Financial Crimes Commision EFCAC on Friday April

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fifth, twenty twenty four, secured
the conviction of Hydrians Okunei aka Bobriiski before

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Justice Abimbula aurbur sitting at the Federal
High Court equally legos open mutilation of the

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Myron roads. He was arranged on
Friday on a four count charge bordering on

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mutilation of the Nyron nodes to the
tune of four hundred and ninety thousand miers

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zero zero four hundred and ninety thousand
naira. Count one reads that yu Okuneya

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idrians la Relaju on the twenty fourth
day of March twenty twenty four at amad

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Cycle Mau Jacon Day leaky within the
jurisdiction of those honorable courts, whilst dancing

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during a social event, tampled with
the total sum of four hundred thousand miraers

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four hundred thousand lira notes issued by
the Central Bank of my Geria by spraying

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sem and you thereby committed an offense
controlly to and permishable under Section twenty one

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of the Central Bank Acts two thousand
and seven. Another countries that you Okuneya

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invries orlology between July and August twenty
twenty three at Ajac junction Equaludu within the

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jurisdiction of this honorable courts, whilst
dancing during a social event, tampered with

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the song fifty thousand mirs fifty thousand
lira issued by the Central Bank of Nigeria

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by spraying sem and you thereby committed
an offense contrary to unpunishable under Section twenty

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one one of the Central Bank Acts
two thousand and seven. He pleaded guilty

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to the charges when they were read
to him. In view of his feme

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Prosecution Council, Si Suleman sought to
invite the Investigative Officer a Sei Bology Tetope

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a Jay to give a brief review
of the facts are generated to the court

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that the EFCC received intelligence on some
individuals who are in the habits of mutilating

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and screening the neron roads at social
parties and event centers in Legos. Based

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on the intelligence, the EFCC set
of the Special Operations Team to observe and

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monitor activities of individuals who are involved
in the habit of mutilating the nirah.

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The team visited many event centers and
monitored social media pages when the neira was

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being abused. During the course of
the monitoring, the team came across videos

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on social media when the defendant was
seen abusing thenirah. The til then proceeded

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to download these videos via our office
laptop computers, and also went forward to

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copy these videos on compact discs.
In the light of the foregoing, a

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letter of invitation was written and forwarded
to the defendants. The defendants are not

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the invitation. When he got to
our office, he was voluntarily cashured.

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Thereafter, he volunteered to write his
statement. The defendant was shown a video

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where he was spraying money on an
artist called Vun Johnson. The defendant conferenced

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that he was the one in the
video. He was also shown a video

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at Aima’s cycle made where he spread
a total sum of four hundred thousand mirrors

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at a movie premiere. The defendant
also admitted that he was the one in

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the video and that he carried out
the abuse. The defendant was also shown

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two other videos of him spraying the
nyror at Aja Junction Equal to Do and

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White Stone Events Center a Keja Legos. The defendant admitted to spraying money in

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these videos. He was therefore served
with a blow condition. Suleman thereafter sought

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to tender in evidence the defendants statements
and compact these copies of the video attached

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to the certificate of identification. Justice
our Borrow admitted and marked the documents as

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exhibits in view of their move So
the man praid the courts to convince and

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sentence the defendants Accordingly, Justice Our
Borrow thereafter ruled upon the admission of guilt

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by the defendant, testimony of PW
one and following the evidence standard, the

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defendant is declared guilty as charged.
Mab Risky, in his preeformas he told

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the court, said, I am
a social media influenza with five million followers

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and in all honesty, I was
not aware of the law. I wish

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I can be given a sircum chance
to use my platform to educate my followers

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against the abuse of the MIRA.
I will do a video on my page

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and educate people on that. I
will not repeat the offense again. I

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regret my action. He pleaded the
defendant’s counsel io onnibuffin prayer the court for

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leniency. He appealed to the courts
to temper justice with Messy, considering his

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startles as a first time offender as
well as his sincere must for his actions.

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Cleaving further, he said he will
leave the cru said against the abuse

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of Maira. He is also an
employer of people and if he goes to

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jail, the people he employs will
suffer. He has cooperated with the EFCC

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and has not wasted the time of
the courts. We ourg the court to

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caution the defendants and allow him to
go. He has given evidence that he

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will be useful to the country.
We urge you to grant a non custodial

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sentences action of fine. After listening
to both parties, the judge default judgment

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in the matter to Tuesday, April
ninth, twenty twenty four, and also

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order that he be remanded in the
EFCC custody. Earlier reports indicated that the

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cross dresser evs Okunea, known as
Barbariski, arrived at the Federal High Court

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in Legos for his arrangements on money
laundering and Neira abuse allegation. Punch newspaper

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reports that the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission had on Thursday file six counts bordering

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on money laundering and abuse of the
Naira against Barberiski. The EFCC said that

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Barberiski, while training under the name
and style of Bob Express, between September

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first, twenty twenty one and April
fourth, twenty twenty four, i Legos

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failed to submit to the Special Control
Unit against Money Laundering a declaration of the

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activities of the said company, Bob
Express, within which period the total sum

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of one hundred and twenty seven point
several million mirals was paid into the company

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account. The missile with Echo Bank. Barberski was also accused of failing to

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submit declaration of the activities of the
company within the same period when another fifty

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three million mirrors was spread into the
company’s account. According to EFCC, the

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offenses committed contravening Section six one A
and ninety one earth of the Morning Lundering

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Prevention and Prohibition Act and were punishable
other section nineteen two being of the same

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Act. At the court setting on
Friday, EFCC reportedly dropped the money lundering

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charges against the cross dresser as he
pleaded guilty to the NEYR mutilation offenses preferred

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against him ready end the need in
a morning away