Naira abuse: Bobrisky files appeal against sentence

Idris Okuneye, also known as Bobrisky, is a controversial cross-dresser. On Monday, he filed a notice of appeal contesting the maximum punishment of six months that a Federal High Court in Lagos State had imposed on him.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, or EFCC, filed four charges against Okuneye concerning naira abuse.

Before Justice A.O. Awogboro of the Federal High Court, Lagos, he entered a guilty plea.

Justice Awogboro, on April 12, condemned Okuneye to six months in jail without an option of a fine.

During the convict’s punishment, the judge stated that the ruling ought to act as a disincentive to those who enjoy mistreating and disfiguring naira.

But Mr Bimbo Kusanu, Okuneye’s attorney, filed a notice of appeal, pleading with the Court of Appeal to overturn the maximum punishment.

Kusanu requests that the court substitute an N50,000 fine for the existing sentence on each count.

According to the counsel in the notice of appeal, the appellant had no prior criminal convictions, and the trial court had given him the maximum penalty.

He said that the provisions of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, or ACJA, could be used to impose a reduced term.

He claimed that the appellant received a harsh penalty from the trial court that exceeded the ACJA’s obligatory provisions.

According to the appellant, the trial court disregarded the appellant’s positive antecedent: he spared the court’s time by entering a guilty plea.

According to him, the appellant accepted the respondent’s initial invitation.

He claimed that the trial court had not used its discretion prudently or judicially in sentencing the appellant.

He clarified that the appellant had suffered a miscarriage of justice due to this act.

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