Due to my cross-dressing, I was Deported from Dubai – Bobrisky
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.
Bobrisky revealed that due to Nigeria’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 discussed these in a recent edition of Toke Makinwa’s audiovisual podcast TokeMoments.
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.
In his words;
“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’.
“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’,”
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