NOLLYWOOD ACTRESS REMANDED IN PRISON CUSTODY FOR ABUSING THE NAIRA

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By ‘Leke Yusuf

Nollywood actress, Oluwadarasimi Omoseyin was on Monday ordered to be remanded in prison custody by Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos.

Omoseyin was charged to court by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on a two-count charge bordering on tampering with the redesigned Naira notes.

Operatives of the Lagos Zonal Command of the EFCC investigated the actress and cosmetologist, for allegedly tampering with the redesigned Naira notes, an offcence contrary to Section 21 (5) of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN Act, 2007.

One of the count reads: “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 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 was arrested by operatives of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Fraud Related Offences Commission (ICPC), late January, along Awolowo Road, Ikoyi, Lagos, following intelligence reports.

The 31-year-old was arrested after the video of her spraying and stepping on the newly redesigned Naira notes at a party surfaced online.

In the viral video, she was also seen flaunting wads of the new Naira notes.

Omoseyin was subsequently handed over to the EFCC the following day for further investigation.

In a statement by the EFCC, the items recovered from her at the point of arrest include a Range Rover and iPhone mobile device.

The statement also said that the suspect will be charged to court once investigations have been concluded.