Naira abuse: Bobrisky appeals against jail sentence

Popular Nigerian cross-gender, Idris Okuneye, known as Bobrisky, had on Monday, filed an appeal challenging his six months jail term given to him by a Federal High Court in Lagos.

Bobrisky was charged to court by EFCC for abusing naira abuse, a claim he pleaded guilty.

Delivering his judgment, Justice A.O. Awogboro on April 12, sentenced Bobrisky to six months imprisonment without option of fine.

Counsel to Bobrisky, Bimbo Kusanu, has now filed an appeal, praying the Court of Appeal to set aside the maximum sentence.

Mr Kusanu is asking the court to replace the sentence with an option of N50,000 fine on each of the counts.

The counsel stated that his client had no previous criminal record of conviction.

He stated that there were options to impose a lesser sentence by the provisions of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, ACJA.

He averred that the sentence imposed by the trial court against the appellant was punitive and contrary to the mandatory provisions of the ACJA.

The appellant stated that the trial court did not consider the positive antecedent of the appellant, who did not waste the time of the court by pleading guilty to the charge.

He stated that the appellant honoured the invitation of the respondent on the first invitation.

He said that the trial court failed to exercise its discretion judiciously and judicially in sentencing the appellant.

He explained that such an act had occasioned a miscarriage of justice against the appellant.

NAN