Bobrisky: Nigerian parents lament growing cross-dressing trend

Bobrisky: Nigerian parents lament growing cross-dressing trend

“You know Bobrisky has made a lot of money from this cross-dressing thing; that is why others, including James Brown, decided to join the train. The country is hard, and there is no job for guys…’’

Some parents and guardians in Abuja have decried the growing cross-dressing trend among youths and called for measures to curb it.

They spoke in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja.

According to them, the call becomes imperative following the level of popularity and acceptance cross-dressers are gaining from youths, with many following them as fans.

They lamented that aside from the recently convicted Idris Okunneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, the self-acclaimed ‘Mummy of Lagos’, there were other emerging cross-dressers with huge followers.

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They said such popular cross-dressers include Jay Boogie, who was born Daniel Nsikan, James Brown, whose baptismal name is James Obialor, ‘Miss Sahhar’ and Noni Salma, among many others.

According to the parents, the “ Bobrisky menace” is an epidemic that requires punitive measures to check and value re-orientation among young Nigerians effectively.

Uche Daniels, a school principal, said that although Bobrisky was convicted for abusing the Naira note, his statement of being “a social media influencer with millions of followers called for concern.

“Imagine Bobrisky having over five million followers on social media. Of course, that is a vast number, comprising our children who gradually drift towards accepting and following a wrong lifestyle. Before the court, he said he was a social media influencer, but the question should be whether the influence is positive or negative on society and our moral orientations.

‘‘Consider how many of the number are children whose sexual orientations have changed as a result of his influence and how many upcoming ‘Bobriskys’ he has raised? Our moral fabric is tearing apart, and the future has to be rescued; we must cry out urgently,” she said.

Zainab Ododo, a parent and culture enthusiast, said she recently travelled to a part of the country for an event, and what she saw made her weep.

She said, “You need to see a group of young boys dressed in women’s hair and makeup without shame. Then I wondered if they were Nigerians. How did we get here? And this is why I feel the government and law enforcement agencies should intervene against this identity crisis menace.

Many parents are in pain today due to Bobrisky’s and his likes’ activities, and we must avoid this drift from morality and godliness.

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