POPULAR cross-dresser and social media influencer, Bobrisky, whose real name is Okuneye Idris Olanrewaju, has revealed in detail how he was deported on arrival in Dubai.
Bob revealed that he was deported back to Nigeria the last time he visited the United Arab Emirates because of the country’s Islamic laws, which prohibit cross-dressing, and as fate would have it, it was on a Jumaah day.
“The last time I went to Dubai, I was sent back to Nigeria. I have been to there so many times. But that one was their prayer, I think one of their special days. It happened to be on Friday, they go to the mosque.
"They are holy, so extra on that day. When I got there, the camera did not accept my face. You know me na, I was on makeup, I want to brag first class, I want to talk ‘oh! guys, I’ve been to Dubai. Your mummy is in first class,” Bobrisky said in a podcast hosted by Toke Makinwa.
He added, “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’.
"The man looked at me, he said, ‘Idris, you are a Muslim?’. I said, ‘Yes’. He looked at my passport. He was confused.
“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, Jumaah day, they said ‘no, they can’t allow me in."
