Actress Oluwadarasimi Omoseyin Remanded In Kirikiri Prison For Spraying New Naira Notes

Oluwadarasimi Omoseyin, a Nollywood actress, has been placed on custody in Kirikiri Prison for tampering with the recently revised naira notes at a party.

On February 1, Omoseyin was detained by agents of the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) and handed over to the EFCC for an investigation.

She was apprehended after a video of her walking on and spraying the new naira notes at an event went viral online.

The 31-year-old actress stated in her statement that she did not know how her party guests acquired the money and that she had received it from them.

She was arraigned before Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke at a Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Monday, February 13, on a two-count charge brought against her.

One of the count reads,

“that you Oluwadarasimi Omoseyin on the 28 day of January, 2023 at Monarch event center, 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 in the said occasion and you thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under section 21 (1) of the Central Bank Act, 2007.”

She pleaded not guilty to the charges, and her lawyer, Adenike Goncalves, prayed the court to grant her bail.

However, Justice Aneke adjourned ruling on the bail application to Wednesday, February 15, and remanded her in Kirikiri correctional facility.