The Next Edition
  • Home
  • About Us
  • News
  • Featured
  • Investigations
  • Foreign
  • Special Reports
  • Entertainment
  • Interviews
  • Advert Rate
No Result
View All Result
The Next Edition
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • About Us
  • News
  • Featured
  • Investigations
  • Foreign
  • Special Reports
  • Entertainment
  • Interviews
  • Advert Rate
Home Top News

Court Sentences Funke Akindele, Husband To 14-day Community Service For Violating Distancing Regulation

Next Edition by Next Edition
April 6, 2020
in Top News
Court Sentences Funke Akindele, Husband To 14-day Community Service For Violating Distancing Regulation

Funke and her husband JJC Skillz

0
SHARES
1
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on Whatsapp

An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Monday sentenced Nollywood star, Funke Akindele, and her husband, AbdulRasheed Bello, to 14 days community service each for violating social distancing regulation of Lagos State.

The couple had admitted guilt before Chief Magistrate Yewande Aje-Afunwa during arraignment on Monday.

You might also like

Insecurity: APC Governors Back Tinubu, Weigh State Police Option

Tension In Kogi As Armed Men Attack Senator Natasha’s Family Home Again

Tinubu Orders Service Chiefs, IGP To Go After Killers Of Benue People

Aje-Afunwa also imposed a fine of N100, 000 on each of them and ordered that each of them should be in isolation for 14 days.

The chief magistrate had stood down the case after the couple pleaded guilty.

She imposed the sentence when proceedings resumed more than an hour later.

Aje-Afunwa while sentencing the couple described their actions as reckless.
“The defendants shall pay a fine of N100,000 within three days from today. They are to serve community service for a period of 14 days – for three hours from 9a.m-12p.m daily – excluding Saturday and Sunday.

“The community service shall be done in any public place in Lagos.

“The defendants shall be made to visit 10 important public places in Lagos State to generate awareness of the COVID-19 pandemic and the consequences of non-compliance with the laws created to curb the spread of the disease.
“In order to ensure that COVID-19 does not spread, the defendants shall be immediately held in isolation for 14 days in a place only known to the Lagos State Ministry of Health,” she held.

In the charge preferred by the attorney-general of Lagos State, the couple committed the offence on Saturday on Amen Estate, Ibeju-Lekki.

READ ALSO: JUST IN: Funke Akindele, Husband, JJC Skillz Plead Guilty To Social Distancing Violation

“You, Funke Akindele and Abdulrasheed Bello, on the fourth day of April 2020, at 9 Gbadamosi Close on Amen Estate, Ibeju-Lekki in the Lagos Magisterial District, gathered at the aforementioned address with over 20 persons, contrary to the social distancing directive of Mr Governor of Lagos State, made pursuant to Regulation 8 (1) (a) and (b) and 17 (1) (I) of the Lagos State Infectious Disease ( Emergency Prevention) Regulation 2020, and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 58 of the Public Health Law of Lagos State,” prosecution stated in the charge sheet.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the police had on Sunday arrested Akindele for organising a party which violated social distancing regulation of the Lagos State Government.

The regulation is to check the spread of Coronavirus.

“The attention of state police command was drawn to a viral video showing large number of persons mainly in the entertainment industry on an estate in Ajah, Ibeju-Lekki axis.

“They were celebrating a birthday party organised by Funke Akindele-Bello and her husband.

“Police detectives from the state CID, Yaba, were promptly drafted to the location and Akindele was arrested,’’ the state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Bala Elkana, has said in a statement.

He said that efforts were being intensified to arrest the remaining persons in the video, among whom are Azeez Fashola (a.k.a Naira Marley) and Abdul Rasheed Bello a.k.a. JJC Skillz.

The police spokesman had advised those involved to report at the CID Yaba on Monday in their best interest or risk being declared wanted.

Tags: 14-day Community ServiceAmen EstateAzeez Fashola (a.k.a Naira Marley) and Abdul Rasheed Bello a.k.a. JJC SkillzCourt Sentences Funke AkindelefeaturedhusbandIbeju-LekkiLagos State Ministry of Healthpay a fineState CIDViolating Distancing RegulationYABA
Next Edition

Next Edition

Recommended For You

Govern Oyo

Insecurity: APC Governors Back Tinubu, Weigh State Police Option

The Progressive Governors’ Forum (PGF), amid mounting security challenges across the country, has declared its unwavering support for President Bola Tinubu’s efforts to tackle insecurity while urging state...

Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan Condemns Plateau Killings, Demands Action

Tension In Kogi As Armed Men Attack Senator Natasha’s Family Home Again

Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan’s family residence has come under fresh attack, marking the second such incident in just over two months. The latest assault occurred Tuesday night in Ihima,...

Palliative: FG Approves N5bn For States, LGs

Tinubu Orders Service Chiefs, IGP To Go After Killers Of Benue People

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has ordered the nation’s security chiefs and the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, to hunt down those responsible for the recent spate of...

I Won’t Advocate For Self-defence: Benue State Governor – Hyacinth Alia

I Won’t Advocate For Self-defence: Benue State Governor – Hyacinth Alia

Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia, has urged citizens not to rely on self-defence as a way to deal with the rising insecurity in the state. He warned that...

Next Post
COVID-19: Abia Police Command Arrest Inspector For Alleged Murder

COVID-19: Abia Police Command Arrest Inspector For Alleged Murder




Related News

Breaking: Singer, Tiwa Savage Loses Dad

Breaking: Singer, Tiwa Savage Loses Dad

58 feared dead in London tower fire –Police

Police say deadly London tower blaze began in Hotpoint fridge freezer

14 Suspected Kidnappers Arrested in Nasarawa

14 Suspected Kidnappers Arrested in Nasarawa




The Next Edition

Office Address

3B, Agboola Aina street, Off Toyin Street,
Ikeja, Lagos.

Quick Contact Details

Phone:
08033018430
Whatsapp:
08051679910

Email:
[email protected]
[email protected]

Categories

  • Aviation
  • Beauty
  • Breaking News
  • Business
  • Columnists
  • Editorial
  • Entertainment
  • Fashion
  • Featured
  • Football
  • Foreign
  • Headline News
  • Home & Garden
  • Interviews
  • Investigations
  • North Central
  • North East
  • North West
  • Opinion
  • Parenting
  • Politics
  • Relationships
  • South East
  • South West
  • South-South
  • Special Reports
  • Sports
  • Top News
  • Vox Pops

© Next Edition Business Development Limited

  • About Us
  • Advert Rate
  • Contact Us
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • About Us
  • News
  • Featured
  • Investigations
  • Foreign
  • Special Reports
  • Entertainment
  • Interviews
  • Advert Rate

© Next Edition Business Development Limited