Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, February 13 arraigned an actress, Oluwadarasimi Omoseyin, before Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos on a two-count charge bordering on tampering with the redesigned Naira currency.
Omoseyin was apprehended by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Fraud Related Offences Commission, ICPC, on Wednesday, February 1, 2023 in Lagos, for spraying and stepping on the new Naira notes at a party in Lagos and was transfered to the anti-graft agency for proper investigation.
One of the count reads: “That you, Oluwadarasimi Omoseyin, on the 28 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 N100, 000.00 (One Hundred Thousand Naira) issued by the Central Bank of Nigeria by spraying same on 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 count 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 N100, 000.00 (One Hundred Thousand Naira) issued by the Central Bank of Nigeria by dancing on same on the said occasion; and you thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under section 21 (1) of the Central Bank Act, 2007.
Omoseyin pleaded “not guilty” to the offence.
S.I Sulaiman, the prosecution counsel, prayed the court for a trial date and that the defendant be remanded in a correctional facility, kicking against plea by defence counsel, Adenike Goncalves, to grant the defendant bail, pending the hearing and determination of the case.
The trial judge, however, deferred ruling on the bail application to Wednesday, February 15, 2023 and remanded the defendant in Kirikiri correctional facility.
