A Nollywood actress, Oluwadarasimi Omoseyin, has been sentenced to six months in prison for spraying and stepping on new naira notes.
Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos State gave the ruling on Thursday.
Omoseyin was arrested and arraigned by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission for the act that took place at a social event in Lagos State.
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She was first arraigned on February 13, 2023 by the Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on two-count charges, to which she pleaded “not guilty”.
She was granted bail on February 15, 2023.
One of the court reads: “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.”