ICPC Arrests Popular Actress For Selling Naira Notes

Nollywood actress, Omoseyin Oluwadarasimi Esther, popularly known as Simisola Gold has been arrested by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) for allegedly selling the newly introduced naira notes.

The ICPC’s spokesperson, Azuka Ogugua in a statement on Wednesday announced the arrest while also stating that the arrest was consequent to the intelligence gathering which prompted the agency’s operatives seek out and arrest the actress.

Omoseyin who is also a social media influencer was accused of conniving with some key individuals in the financial sector of the country who are diverting the new naira notes from banking halls.

The statement titled, ‘ICPC arrests woman offering new Naira notes for sale’ read, “ICPC has arrested a woman, Omoseyin Oluwadarasimi Esther, with the Twitter handle of Lala, offering new naira notes for sale on social media.

“The arrest was a result of intelligence received which led the ICPC operatives to seek out and promptly arrest the suspect. It is believed she is in collusion with key elements in the financial services sector diverting the newly released notes away from banking halls and payment channels into a ” black market.

“She is currently in ICPC detention and is helping the Commission with its findings on the criminal trading of the naira and the attendant scarcity and negative economic outcomes being caused by the action.

“Oluwadarasimi is currently in ICPC detention and is helping the Commission with its findings on the criminal trading of the naira and the attendant scarcity and negative economic outcomes being caused by the action.

“The action is in furtherance of the collaboration between CBN ICPC and EFCC in implementing the new cashless policy and naira redesign.”

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