Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos State, has detained a Nollywood actress and skit maker Oluwadarasimi Omoseyin in Kirikiri correctional centre for tampering with the new Naira notes.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, arraigned the actress on Monday on a two-count charge brought against her before Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke
One of the counts read: “that you, Oluwadarasimi Omoseyin, on January 28 2023, at Monarch event centre, Lekki, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, whilst 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 committed an offence contrary to and punishable under section 21 (1) of the Central Bank Act, 2007.
The prosecution counsel, S.I Sulaiman, asked for a trial date from the court and prayed that the defendant ‘be detained’ in prison custody.
Whereas, Counsel to the defendant, Goncalves Adenike, prayed the court to admit the defendant to bail till the case hearing, urging that she ‘be remanded’ in EFCC custody till the perfection of her bail terms. Despite this, she is detained in Kirikiri prison until she completes her bail application before the court.
