The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned an actress, Oluwadarasimi Omoseyin, popularly known as Simi Gold, on a two-count charge bordering on tampering with the redesigned Naira notes.
In a statement released on Monday, the commission said that the actress was arraigned by its Lagos Zonal Command before Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos.
One of the count reads: “That you, Oluwadarasimi Omoseyin, on the 28n day of January, 2023, at Monarch Event Centre Lekki, 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 on the said occasion; and you thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under section 21 (1) of the Central Bank Act, 2007.
The second count reads: “That you, Oluwadarasimi Omoseyin, on the 28th day of January, 2023, at Monarch Event Centre, Lekki, 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 dancing on same on the said occasion; and you thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under section 21 (1) of the Central Bank Act, 2007.”
Recall that Simi Gold was arrested by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) on February 2 and handed over to the EFCC.
The actress was arrested for allegedly selling the new Naira notes for profit and interrogated by the EFCC for ‘spraying and stepping’ on the new Naira notes.