Court sentences Lagos actress to 6 months imprisonment for spraying, stepping on naira notes

Oluwadarasimi Omoseyin, an actress from Lagos, was given a six-month prison sentence for treading on and spray-painting the new Naira notes during a social gathering in Lagos.

Omoseyin was found guilty and punished on Thursday by Federal High Court Judge Chukwujekwu Aneke, who is located in Ikoyi, Lagos.

On February 13, 2023, Omoseyin was initially charged with two counts by the Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). She entered a plea of "not guilty" to both counts.

On February 15, 2023, she was subsequently given bail.

Omoseyin, however, altered her plea from "not guilty" to "guilty" at the reopened court on Thursday due to the overwhelming body of evidence against her.

After she entered her "guilty plea," Z.B. Atiku, the prosecution's attorney, invited EFCC agent Abubakar Mohammed Marafa to go over the case's details.

Marafa recalled that, “the defendant was arrested by officers of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, on February 1, 2023, and was handed over to the Commission on February 2, 2023, for further investigation. “

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