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Claim: A social media user posted a picture claiming to be the recent picture of Bobrisky in the detention facility of Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes (EFCC).
Verdict: Misleading! Our findings reveal that the picture has been online since 2017.
Full Text
Following the controversial arrest of Idris Okuneye, better known as Bobrisky, on April 4 by Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for currency mutilation and abuse of naira, a plethora of public opinions and assertions have continued to trail the action of the agency.
One such is a picture by a Facebook user, Abdullah Ayofe Liberator, depicting Bobrisky’s poor condition not long after his arrest.
He captioned it: “Nigeria prison is not where anyone should go. Guess who is in the picture?”
As of Wednesday, April 11th, 2024, the post had generated over 47 likes and 13 comments and had been shared twice.
While some comments under the post doubt the recency of the image, others question its veracity.
Alabi Wahab commented, “It’s an old picture of Bobrisky.” John Jolaosho wrote, “Pray you shouldn’t have been a victim.”
Lawal Muhammed Kabiru questioned, “Is this real brother?”
DUBAWA monitored the post and saw that several users on Facebook posted it with the same caption here and here. It has also been circulated widely on X (formerly Twitter).
DUBAWA conducted this fact-check report due to the evident disagreement over the post.
Verification
DUBAWA conducted a Google Reverse Image Search and discovered the photo has been online since 2017.
An earlier version of the picture came with a report of Bobrisky in police custody after he was arrested following a petition written against him by serial entrepreneur Toyin Lawani that he stole her customers.
DUBAWA also found several platforms that have reported the incident using the same picture. We observed that the watermark on it, “IBNaija,” is also on the earlier version of it when it first surfaced on social media.
Conclusion
The claim is misleading, as the picture is connected to a 2017 arrest of the controversial crossdresser.
