EFCC Arrests Nollywood Actress Over Abuse Of New Naira Notes 

Nigerian movie actress Oluwadarasimi Omoseyin has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for tampering with and abusing the newly-designed naira notes.

The actress was arraigned by the EFCC before Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on a two-count charge.

One of the counts read, “That you, Oluwadarasimi Omoseyin, on the 28n 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 read, “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 offense contrary to and punishable under section 21 (1) of the Central Bank Act, 2007.”

The actress pleaded not guilty to these charges, and her lawyer, Adenike Goncalves, pleaded with the court to grant her bail.

However, Justice Aneke postponed the decision on the bail application until Wednesday, February 15, and remanded her to Kirikiri Correctional Facility.

Olusola Akintonde