Okuneye Idris Olanrewaju, also known as Bobrisky, a controversial crossdresser, has revealed that the reason he was expelled from the United Arab Emirates was because his appearance differed from the picture on his passport.
Bobrisky revealed that due to United Arab Emirates’s Islamic rules, which forbid cross-dressing, he was deported back there after landing in Dubai. He claimed to have visited Dubai numerous times, but on that fateful day—a jumah day—he was deported.
The transgender was discussed in a recent edition of Toke Makinwa’s audiovisual podcast TokeMoments. He claimed that because he was wearing a lot of makeup when he arrived at Immigration, the officials started asking if he was the same person as was shown on his passport.
He explained to them after being questioned that he was once a man but later transitioned to a woman, which is why he appeared different before being sent back.
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The man looked at me, he said ‘Idris, you are a Muslim?’. I said ‘yes’. He looked at my passport. He was confused.
“I was sent back to Nigeria the last time I visited Dubai,” he remarked. I’ve been there so frequently. However, I believe one of their unique days was the one for which they prayed. They went to the mosque because it was Friday. On that day, they are exceptionally sacred. When I arrived, the camera would not recognise my face. You know me, na, I was wearing makeup, I want to brag about being first class, and I want to say, “Hey guys, I just got back from Dubai.” Your mother is travelling first class.
“So, I got to the Immigration where you are going to do everything. They saw my passport, they looked at my face. They said ‘face camera’. And I faced the camera. It rejected my face several times. They [Immigrantion officers] said ‘are you sure you’re the same person?’ And I said ‘yes’.
“So, we went to one of their private offices. And they said ‘are you trans or..’ I said ‘ well, I used to be a guy’. And they said ‘oh! on a normal day if it is not Friday’ they would have just allowed me in. But because it was Friday, jumʿah day, they said ‘no, they can’t allow me in’,” he recalled.
