By the use of Odunmorayo Okay
February 1, 2024 | 8:21 PM
A Federal Excessive Court docket in Lagos has sentenced an actress, Oluwadarasimi Omoseyin, to 6 months in jail for misusing the brand new naira notes at a social occasion. Omoseyin, who pleaded responsible to 2 fees of tampering with the forex issued by the Central Financial institution of Nigeria (CBN), was given the choice to pay a positive of…
A Federal Excessive Court docket in Lagos has sentenced an actress, Oluwadarasimi Omoseyin, to 6 months in jail for misusing the brand new naira notes at a social occasion.
Omoseyin, who pleaded responsible to 2 fees of tampering with the forex issued by the Central Financial institution of Nigeria (CBN), was given the choice to pay a positive of N300,000. The Financial and Monetary Crimes Fee (EFCC) had charged her on February 13, 2023, after she was arrested by the Unbiased Corrupt Practices and Different Associated Offenses Fee (ICPC) on February 1, 2023.
The EFCC stated Omoseyin sprayed and stepped on the brand new naira notes value N100,000 whereas dancing at a pal's wedding ceremony on the Monarch Occasion Centre, Lekki, Lagos, on January 28, 2023.
The act was captured on video and circulated on social media, sparking public outrage and condemnation.
The EFCC stated the offense was opposite to Part 21(1) of the CBN Act, 2007, which prohibits the misuse of the naira notes and cash. On the resumed listening to on Thursday, February 1, 2024, the prosecutor, ZB Atiku, introduced proof to show the case towards Omoseyin.
He known as Abubakar Mohammed Marafa, an EFCC operative, who testified that the suspect confessed to spraying and stepping on the brand new naira notes through the occasion. He additionally stated the EFCC recovered the movies of the incident from its telephone and the occasion middle in addition to different paperwork from the ICPC.
The counsel, Afuye Adegbola, pleaded for mercy on behalf of Omoseyin, saying she was a first-time offender, mom of 1 little one and remorseful. He additionally requested for a non-custodial sentence for his consumer.
Nevertheless, Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke, who presided over the case, stated he needed to impose a deterrent sentence to ship a message to the general public that the naira notes needs to be revered and never misused.
He subsequently sentenced Omoseyin to 6 months imprisonment, with impact from Thursday, or a positive of N300,000, payable to the consolidated income account of the federation.
He additionally ordered the forfeiture of a Vary Rover automobile recovered throughout her arrest.
