Tobi the creator, who is a chum of London-based Nigerian cross-dresser, James Brown, has reacted to the recently proposed cross-dressing bill seeking to ban the act in Nigeria.

Reacting to the latest development, Tobi who features in some of James’ videos dressed as a woman denied being a cross-dresser. According to Tobi, he is only a skit maker who dresses as the opposite sex to entertain his audience.

“I am not a cross-dresser. I have never been a cross-dresser,” Tobi emphasized. “I am a skit maker/entertainer and entertainers are not limited to what to wear until now”.

However, a post by James Brown seemed to be mocking Tobi. James Brown captioned in a post that Tobi was “running”, which suggested that Tobi didn’t want to get caught by the hands of the law.

Bobrisky Reacts To Cross-dressing Bill

Meanwhile, controversial Nigerian cross-dresser, Idris Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, condemned the bill. Reacting to the bill, the cross-dresser via Twitter, sarcastically noted that, the cross-dressing bill will solve Nigeria’s unresolved economic issues among other pressing issues.

According to the ‘male barbie’, who seemed peeved about the bill, the Lawmakers should be quick in their decisions since cross-dressing, among other things, is the only major issue of concern the government needs to tackle at this time.

“The good thing about this bill is that: 1) it will finally solve Nigeria’s insecurity challenges 2) improve power supply 3) end ASUU strike 4) repair the negative impression foreigners have about Nigeria 5) cause the reduction of prices of items in the market be fast, please”.
Bobrisky

Bobrisky is born male but has chosen to dress like the opposite gender. He is popularly known for his presence on social media apps Snapchat and Instagram.

Details of Cross-dressing Bill

The House of Representatives made a move to revisit the same-sex bill which was passed into law by former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan in 2014.

Per reports, a member of the house, Muda Lawal Umar, supported the bill seeking to completely prohibit cross-dressing in the country. The bill passed its first reading on Tuesday, April 6, 2022, with the objectives set to be debated at the second reading, some reports indicated.

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According to Premium Times, the bill seeks to make changes to Section 4 of the Same-Sex Marriage (Prohibition) Act 2013 by inserting a new Sub-clause 3 that reads:

“(1) Cross-dressing whether done publicly prohibited. (2) A person shall be deemed to have committed the offense publicly where it is published or displayed publicly notwithstanding that it was committed privately or in any place that would have ordinarily been described as private. Provided that this section of this Act shall not apply to cross-dressing in the course of a stage play or in any bona ﬁde public entertainment. A person engaging in cross-dressing is guilty of an offense and liable to imprisonment of 6 months or a fine of N500,000,”.
Cross-dressing bill