Nollywood actress sent to prison for spraying naira notes

A federal high court sitting in Lagos has sent a 31-year-old Nollywood actress, Oluwadarasimi Omoseyin, to Kirikiri Correctional Centre, Lagos, for allegedly spraying the naira notes at a party.

Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke ordered her remand in the prison pending the determination of her bail application over the case.

The charges 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 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.
“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 issued by the Central Bank of Nigeria by dancing on 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.”
The actress, however, pleaded not guilty to the offence.
The prosecution counsel, Sulaiman Sulaiman, asked for a trial date, urging that the defendant be remanded in the appropriate correctional facility.

The counsel to the defendant, Adenike Goncalves, in her response requested the court to accept the defendant to bail until the hearing and determination of the case.
Gonclaves also requested that Omoseyin be remanded in the custody of the EFCC pending the perfection of the bail terms.