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Actress Simisola Gold remanded in prison for tampering with Naira notes
Actress Oluwadarasimi Omoseyin aka Simisola Gold has been remanded in Kirikiri prison by a Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos.
The 31-year-old was remanded on Monday, February 13, pending the determination of her bail application, for tampering with the Naira notes.
She was arraigned before Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke on a two-count charge by the EFCC.
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One of the count 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 CBN by spraying same in the said occasion and you thereby committed an offence contrary to & p¥nishable under section 21 (1) of the Central Bank Act, 2007.”
The second reads, “while dancing during a social occasion tampered with the sum of N100, 000.00 issued by the CBN.
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