Nollywood actress sentenced to prison after tampering with Naira notes

Oluwadarasimi Omoseyin, a Nollywood actress and skit creator, was remanded in Kirikiri Correctional Facility by a Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos State, for tampering with the new Naira notes.

The actress was kept behind bars until the judge decided on her bail request.

The actress was charged with two counts by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday before Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke.

One of the counts stated: “That you Oluwadarasimi Omoseyin, on the 28th of January 2023, at Monarch event centre, Lekki, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, while dancing during a social occasion tampered with the sum of N100,000.00 issued by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, by spraying it at the occasion. You did so in violation of section 21 (1) of the Central Bank Act of 2007, which carries a penalty.

She entered a not-guilty plea to the accusation.

S.I. Sulaiman, the prosecution’s attorney, pleaded with the court for the defendant to be remanded in custody and requested a trial date.

Goncalves Adenike, the defendant’s attorney, requested that the defendant be kept in the custody of the EFCC until the completion of her bail conditions and asked the court to grant her bail until the case was heard.

The Judge remanded the defendant in custody and postponed making a decision on the bail application until Wednesday, February 15, 2023.

Remember that the actress was detained by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Fraud Related Offences Commission, ICPC, on February 1st 2023 after a video of her treading on and spraying the new Naira notes at a party went popular on social media.

She was later turned over to the EFCC for an investigation.