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Funke Akindele To Do 14 Days Community Service, Pay N100,000 Fine For Violating Social Distancing Order

By Jamachi Obiukwu

Nollywood actress Funke Akindele has been fined N100,000 and is also to do 14 days of community service for violating the federal government’s social distancing order, meant to help prevent the spread of the deadly coronavirus pandemic.

Funke who was on Monday arraigned before a magistrate court in Ogba, Lagos, for violating the coronavirus lockdown directive of the Lagos State Government, will equally be isolated in a special location in Lagos.

The actress was arraigned alongside her husband, Abdulrasheed Bello (JJC Skillz) before magistrate Aje Afunwa by the Nigerian Police.

They were arrested on Sunday night for throwing a birthday in their Amen estate residence on Saturday.

We gathered that the policemen arrived her residence at Amen Estate off Lekki-Epe Expressway in three patrol vehicles.

At the magistrate court on Monday, Akindele and her husband pleaded guilty to the one-count charge read to them.

They pleaded guilty to breaching the Lagos infectious diseases regulation (2020), which prescribes N100,000 fine or a month jail time for violators.

The charge was filed against them by the Attorney General of Lagos State, Moyosore Onigbanjo.

 

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