James Brown | InsideOjodu https://www.insideojodu.com ...conecting the community Sat, 08 Jun 2024 14:05:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.10 http://www.insideojodu.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/favicon.ico James Brown | InsideOjodu https://www.insideojodu.com 32 32 James Brown visits Bobrisky at Kirikiri Correctional Centre https://www.insideojodu.com/james-brown-visits-bobrisky-at-kirikiri-correctional-centre/ https://www.insideojodu.com/james-brown-visits-bobrisky-at-kirikiri-correctional-centre/#respond Sat, 08 Jun 2024 14:05:34 +0000 https://www.insideojodu.com/?p=56468 Nigerian crossdresser, James Brown, has visited his colleague, Idris Okuneye, popularly called Bobrisky, at…

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Nigerian crossdresser, James Brown, has visited his colleague, Idris Okuneye, popularly called Bobrisky, at the Kirikiri Correctional Centre in Lagos.

Bobrisky is currently serving a six-month prison sentence over abuse of the naira notes.

James Brown, who went alongside some other individuals, disclosed his visit in a post on his Instagram page on Friday.

In April, the Nigerian Correctional Service, in a statement signed by its spokesperson, Rotimi Oladokun, disclosed that Bobrisky was remanded in a male custodial centre and observed all regulations and rules in place at the centre, especially concerning the dress code.

It was also reported that the controversial crossdresser was treated equally like other inmates in the facility.

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Court strikes out homosexuality charges against dancer, James Brown https://www.insideojodu.com/court-strikes-out-homosexuality-charges-against-dancer-james-brown/ https://www.insideojodu.com/court-strikes-out-homosexuality-charges-against-dancer-james-brown/#respond Wed, 28 Oct 2020 07:05:49 +0000 https://www.insideojodu.com/?p=17745 The homosexuality charges filed against effeminate dancer, James Brown and 46 others in November 2019…

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The homosexuality charges filed against effeminate dancer, James Brown and 46 others in November 2019 has been struck out by a federal court in Lagos.

Justice Rilwan Aikawa who ruled on the case on Tuesday, October 27, struck out the case on the ground of the charges against the defendants lacking “diligent prosecution” by the police.

While the federal high court judge pointed out that the prosecuting counsel, J. I Ebhoremen was absent from court for the umpteenth time with no reasonable explanation, the defence counsel, Israel Usman noted that it was the ninth time Mr Ebhoremen did not show up in court since the case started in 2019.

Usman urged the Judge to strike out the case as Section 356(5) of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, 2015 provided a maximum of five adjournments at the instance of the prosecution in a criminal trial.

He said “This is ninth adjournment at the instance of the prosecution in contravention of the statutory Act that regulates criminal justice system. We urge the court to dismiss the case and discharge the defendants.”

Ruling on the case, Aikawa said “I agree entirely with defendants’ counsel that the prosecution’s attitude to this case is not satisfactory. In my view, this should not be. If the prosecution has a cogent reason not to be in court, he should have communicated in writing to the court and copy the defence counsel. For whatever reason, the prosecution is no more capable or not willing to prosecute this case. Consequently, this case is struck out due to a lack of diligent prosecution.”

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