Prison officials also said Bobrisky would be offered adequate protection from other inmates who might want to sexually violate him.
The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS) has said that it is holding Idris Okuneye, more commonly called Bobrisky, who was sentenced to six months imprisonment over naira abuse in its male facility for the period.
SaharaReporters earlier reported that Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday morning sentenced a popular crossdresser and socialite Idris Okuneye better known as Bobrisky to six months in jail without the option of a fine over naira abuse.
It had reported how Bobrisky was arrested last Wednesday evening by personnel of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Lagos State.
According to the EFCC spokesman, Bobrisky was arrested for mutilation of naira notes and not for his lifestyle as a cross-dresser.
But handing over judgement, the trial judge, Justice Abimbola Awogboro, had asked Bobrisky to clarify his gender status before the court.
Thereafter, he said that he was a man.
Sequel to the clarification, Peoples Gazette quoted officials of NCS to have said that the service would be keeping crossdresser who delights in adorning female outfits, in the male section of the prison facility throughout his six-month imprisonment.
“Since he admitted to being a male in court, then we have to abide by what was submitted in court,” the correctional spokesperson said on Friday.
Prison officials also said Bobrisky would be offered adequate protection from other inmates who might want to sexually violate him.
“He shouldn’t be afraid of sexual assault from other male inmates because our men can give him protection.”
Bobrisky, posting a video of him posing half-naked in a bathrobe, has given his five million Instagram followers the impression that he has transitioned to a female.
In one of his photographs on Instagram, he wrote, “My journey transitioning into a woman has been going smooth, no health issues, everything is going smooth for me.”