Nollywood actress and cosmetologist, Oluwadarasimi Omoseyin, popularly known as Simi Gold, has been remanded in prison over naira abuse.
Recall that Simi was arrested by the ICPC on Thursday, February 2, 2023 after a viral video showed her and a group of friends spraying a celebrant at an event.
Shortly after that, EFCC interrogated the actress over the naira abuse which is according to the law a punishable offence.
In a new report, the defendant’s bail was denied when she appeared at the Federal High Court in Ikoyi on Monday, February 13, before justice Chukwujekwu Aneke.
She was sent to the Kirikiri prison on two counts of punishable charges.
One of the counts reads, “that you Oluwadarasimi Omoseyin on the 28th day of January, 2023 at Monarch event center, Lekki within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court whilst dancing during a social occasion tampered with the sum of N100,000.00 issued by the Central Bank of Nigeria by spraying same in 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 reads, “that you Oluwadarasimi Omoseyin on the 28th day of January, 2023 at Monarch event center, Lekki within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court whilst dancing during a social occasion tampered with the sum of N100, 000.00 issued by the Central Bank of Nigeria by dancing on same in the said occasion and you thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under section 21 (1) of the Central Bank Act, 2007.
She pleaded not guilty and the prosecution counsel, S.I Sulaiman, requested that she should be locked up till the trial date which is Wednesday, February 15, 2023.
