Actress Simisola Gold arraigned for spraying and stepping on new naira notes

The actress was arraigned by the EFCC on Monday, February 13, earlier than Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal Excessive Courtroom sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on a two-count cost.

One of many counts learn, “That you just, Oluwadarasimi Omoseyin, on the 28n day of January, 2023, at Monarch Occasion Centre Lekki, throughout the jurisdiction of this Honourable Courtroom, while dancing throughout a social event, tampered with the sum of N100, 000.00 (One Hundred Thousand Naira) issued by the Central Financial institution of Nigeria by spraying similar on the stated event; and also you thereby dedicated an offence opposite to and punishable beneath part 21 (1) of the Central Financial institution Act, 2007.”

The second rely learn, “That you just, Oluwadarasimi Omoseyin, on the twenty eighth day of January, 2023, at Monarch Occasion Centre, Lekki, throughout the jurisdiction of this Honourable Courtroom, while dancing throughout a social event, tampered with the sum of N100, 000.00 (One Hundred Thousand Naira) issued by the Central Financial institution of Nigeria by dancing on similar on the stated event; and also you thereby dedicated an offense opposite to and punishable beneath part 21 (1) of the Central Financial institution Act, 2007.”

The actress pleaded not responsible to those prices, and her lawyer, Adenike Goncalves, pleaded with the court docket to grant her bail.

Nonetheless, Justice Aneke postponed the choice on the bail software till Wednesday, February 15, and remanded her to Kirikiri Correctional Facility.