A Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, has ordered the remand of an actress, Oluwadarasimi Omoseyin, in Kirikiri pending the determination of her bail application, for tampering with the Naira notes.
On Monday, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arraigned Omoseyin before Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke on a two-count charge brought against her.
One of the counts 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 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.
The second 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 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 offence.
(Tribune)
