Nollywood actress, Funke Akindele, and her husband, Abdulrasheed Bello, have been convicted by an Ogba Magistrate Court for flouting the Lagos State Infectious Disease Emergency Prevention Regulations 2020.
Delivering judgment, Chief Magistrate, Yewande Aje-Afunwa, ordered that the defendants in the suit, pay a fine of 100, 000 Naira each as well as observe a 14-day community service.
The actress and her husband, who were were brought to court by detectives from the State Criminal Investigation Department Yaba, are said to have held a party at their residence with over 20 persons in attendance contrary to the social distancing directives made in pursuant to Regulation 8(1)(a) and (b) & 17(1)(i) of the Lagos State Infectious Disease (Emergency Prevention) Regulations 2020.
