Peter Okoye, PBA Journalism MenteeNigerian actress, Oluwadarasimi Omoseyin, has been remanded in Kirikiri prison pending the determination of her bail application, for tampering with the new naira notes.
The 31-year-old actress was arrested following the sharing of an online video of her spraying and stepping on newly redesigned naira notes at a party.
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The video also showed the actress flaunting bundles of the newly redesigned naira notes.
On Monday, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arraigned Omoseyin before Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, on two-count charge brought against her.
One of the counts reads: “That you Oluwadarasimi Omoseyin on the 28th day of January 2023 at Monarch event centre, Lekki within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court whilst dancing during a social occasion tampered with the sum of ₦100, 000.00 (One Hundred Thousand Naira) issued by the Central Bank of Nigeria by spraying same in the said occasion and you thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under section 21 (1) of the Central Bank Act, 2007.
The second reads: “That you Oluwadarasimi Omoseyin on the 28th day of January 2023 at Monarch event centre, Lekki within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court whilst dancing during a social occasion tampered with the sum of ₦100, 000.00 (One Hundred Thousand Naira) issued by the Central Bank of Nigeria by dancing on same in the said occasion and you thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under section 21 (1) of the Central Bank Act, 2007.”
She however pleaded not guilty to the offence.
Given her plea, the prosecution counsel, S.I. Sulaiman asked the court for a trial date and prayed that the defendant is remanded in the appropriate correctional facility.
Justice Aneke deferred the ruling on the bail application to Wednesday, February 15, 2023, and remanded the defendant in Kirikiri correctional facility.
The actress was earlier grilled by operatives of EFCC for spraying the newly redesigned naira notes at a party, which the anti-graft agency said violates Section 21 (5) of the CBN Act of 2007.
The actress was arrested by operatives of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Fraud Related Offences Commission (ICPC), on Wednesday, February 1, 2023, along Awolowo Road, Ikoyi, Lagos, following an intelligence report.
She was handed over to the EFCC for additional inquiries the next day.
Amongst items found on her at the scene of arrest were a Range Rover car, and an iPhone.
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