Court Grants Nollywood Actress, Oluwadarasimi Omoseyi N5m bail

Oluwadarasimi Omoseyin, a Nollywood actress charged with alleged tampering and spraying of the redesigned Naira notes, was granted N5 million bail by a Federal High Court in Lagos State on Wednesday.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) preferred two counts of charges against Omoseyin, who was arraigned before Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke on Monday.

The charge was preoccupied with spraying and stepping on newly designed naira notes.

The defendant, 31, was accused of tampering with N100,000 new notes by spraying and stepping on them during an event in Lagos’s Lekki neighborhood.

She pleaded not guilty to the charge.

Justice Aneke admitted the defendant to bail and one surety in the same amount in his ruling on Wednesday.

The court ruled that the surety must be a public servant and have landed property within the jurisdiction of the court.

In addition, the surety must provide three years of tax clearance.

In addition, the defendant was ordered to leave her international passport with the registrar of the court.

He postponed the trial until April 3.

According to the charge, the defendant committed the crime on January 28 at the Monarch Event Centre in Lekki.

Mr. S.I Sulaiman, the Prosecutor, claimed that the defendant was spraying and trampling on newly designed naira notes while dancing at an event.

The offense is a violation of Section 21 (1) of the Central Bank Act of 2007.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the defendant was arrested after a video of her spraying and stepping on the new notes at a party went viral.