The Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, has granted bail to accused Nollywood actress Simisola Gold, who was arrested for spraying and stepping on the new naira notes during a party.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission arraigned the actress in court on Monday, February 13.
Then, her bail was postponed to yesterday, February 15, by Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke.
The actresses was arrested after a video of her spraying and stepping on the newly redesigned Naira notes at a party surfaced online.
Channels Television reports that the presiding judge granted the actress bail in the sum of N5 million with one surety yesterday, February 15.
Channels TV reports that in addition, the court mandated that the Registrar of the Court receive both the Certified True Copy (CTC) of the original statutory certificate of occupancy of a landed property and an official letter from the head of the department of the surety stating the surety’s rank and level of income.
The court ordered that the actress be held in the Kirikiri Correctional Facility pending the completion of the bail terms before adjourning the case until April 3 for trial.