Court remands actress for spraying new naira notes at party

By Lukman Olabiyi

Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court, yesterday, ordered the remand of a lady said to be an actress, Oluwadarasimi Omoseyin, who was sighted in a viral video, spraying new naira notes at a party.

Justice Aneke made the remand order after the actress pleaded not guilty to the charges pressed against her by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The judge ordered Oluwadarasimi to be remanded in Kirikiri female section of the Nigerian Correctional Services (NCoS), till tomorrow, when her bail application would be heard and determined.

Charges against the defendant 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 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 defendant pleaded not guilty to the offences when the charges were read to her. In view of her plea, the prosecution counsel, S. I. Sulaiman, asked the court for a trial date and prayed that the defendant be remanded in the appropriate correctional facility.

Responding, counsel to the defendant, Adenike Goncalves, prayed the court to admit the defendant to bail, pending the hearing and determination of the case. She also prayed that her client be remanded in EFCC custody, pending the perfection of the bail terms, if so granted by the court.

Justice Aneke, however, deferred ruling on the bail application to tomorrow and ordered remand of the defendant in Kirikiri correctional facility.

The actress, Oluwadarasimi, was arrested by operatives of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Fraud Related Offences Commission (ICPC), on Wednesday, February 1, 2023, along Awolowo Road, Ikoyi, Lagos, and was handed over to the EFCC for investigation.

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.