Idris Okuneye, a well-known cross-dresser from Nigeria named Bobrisky, has revealed how he was expelled from the United Arab Emirates while travelling to the Islamic nation.
In a recent podcast with media celebrity Toke Makinwa, Bobrisky described his experience.
He said: “The last time I went to Dubai, I was sent back to Nigeria. I have been to there so many times.
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, jumʿah day, they said ‘no, they can’t allow me in”
Article updated 2 weeks ago. Content is written and modified by multiple authors.
