The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos Monday remanded an actress, Oluwadarasimi Omoseyin, in correctional custody pending the determination of her bail application on a charge of tampering with the naira note.
Omoseyin was brought by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) before Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke on a two-count charge.
One of the counts reads: “That you Oluwadarasimi Omoseyin on the 28th day of January 2023 at Monarch Event Centre Lekki, whilst dancing during a social occasion tampered with the sum of N100, 000 issued by the Central Bank of Nigeria by spraying same in the said occasion.
“You thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 21 (1) of the Central Bank Act, 2007.”
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Prosecution counsel, S.I. Sulaiman asked the court for a trial date and prayed that the defendant be remanded.
Responding, defence counsel, Adenike Goncalves prayed the court to admit the defendant on 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.
While Sulaiman submitted that bail was at the discretion of the court, he prayed that in the event that bail was granted, the conditions of the bail term should be such that would enable the defendant to be present during the trial.
Justice Aneke deferred ruling on the bail application till Wednesday.
He remanded the defendant in Kirikiri correctional facility.
Omoseyin was arrested by 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 allegedly spraying and stepping on the newly redesigned Naira notes at a party surfaced online