Celebrity and producer of Jenifer’s diary,Funke Akindele and her husband, AbdulRasheed Bello aka JJC Skillz, have pleaded guilty to a one-count charge of hosting a gathering of over 20 persons thereby, contravening the social distancing order of the Lagos State Government.
The actress and her husband who were arraigned on Monday at the Samuel Ilori Courthouse of the Magistrate Court in Ogba, Lagos were charged pursuant to the Regulation 8(1a &b) and S 17(1) of the State’s Infectious Disease Regulation 2020.
The defence counsel, Mr Abayomi Alagbada in his allocutus pleaded for leniency on grounds that the couple are first time offenders, adding that they are respectable members of society and have two young children.
They were fined a hundred thousand naira each by Magistrate Y.O. Aje-Afunwa who also sentenced them to 14 days community service after which they are to self isolate .
Journalists were not allowed into the courtroom because the police authorities cited the need to maintain social distancing.
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