Actress Jailed For Six Months Over Defacing New Naira Notes At Social Event

Actress Jailed For Six Months Over Defacing New Naira Notes At Social Event

In a groundbreaking development, Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, has sentenced actress Oluwadarasimi Omoseyin to six months in prison for spraying and stepping on new Naira notes at a social event….CONTINUE READING

The actress, who was arraigned on February 13, 2023, by the Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), initially pleaded “not guilty” to the two-count charges but changed her plea to “guilty” during the recent hearing, considering the overwhelming evidence against her.

One of the charges stated, “That you, Oluwadarasimi Omoseyin, on the 28th day of January 2023, at Monarch Event Centre, Lekki, Lagos, 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.”

During the hearing, Abubakar Mohammed Marafa, an EFCC operative, reviewed the facts, emphasizing the defendant’s arrest and the evidence gathered, including videos of her actions at the event.

The defence counsel pleaded for leniency, emphasizing that Omoseyin is a first-time offender, a mother of one, and is remorseful. The court sentenced her to six months in prison, effective from Thursday, with an option of a N300,000.00 fine. Omoseyin was arrested after a video of her spraying and stepping on newly redesigned Naira notes at a party went viral, showcasing her flaunting wads of the new currency. Items recovered from her at the time of arrest included a Range Rover.