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Funke Akindele, AbdulRasheed Bello to serve 14 days Community Service, Celebrities beg for release


Nollywood actress Funke Akindele and her husband AbdulRasheed Bello have been convicted and fined N100,000 each by an Ogba Magistrate Court for flouting the Lagos State Infectious Disease (Emergency Prevention) Regulation 2020.

 Delivering judgment after the couple pleaded guilty, Magistrate Y.O. Aje-Afunwa ordered the defendanta to pay N100,000 naira each as fine.

 The magistrate also held that the couple must serve 14 days community service and thereafter to observe period of isolation.

 The couple who were arraigned before Magistrate Aje Afunwa pleaded guilty to the one count charge brought against them by the Attorney General of Lagos State, Moyosore Onigbanjo, SAN.

 Onigbanjo told the court that Funke and her husband Bello, flouted the directive of the Lagos state Governor when they gathered more than 20 people at their Lekki home.
The charge reads: ‘That you, Funke Akindele, Abdul Rasheed Bello on the 4th day of April, 2020 at 9,Gbadamosl Close, Amen Estate, lbeju Lekki in the Lagos Magisterial District gathered at the aforementioned address with over twenty persons contrary to the social distancing directives of Mr Governor of Lagos State made pursuant to Regulation 8(1)(a) & (b) and 17(1)“) of the Lagos State Infectious Disease(Emergency Prevention)Regulation 2020 and thereby  committed an offence punishable under Section 58 Public Health Law Cap P16 Vol.9 Laws of Lagos State, 2015.’
Following the sentence, some Nigerian celebrities have begged the Lagos state government and the police to release their colleague, Funke Akindele-Bello.
Funke Akindele was arrested on Sunday for disobeying restriction orders by the state and federal government.
The Lagos State Police command on Monday arraigned the actress and her husband, JJC Skillz, before a Chief Magistrate Court in Ogba, Lagos State.
The couple were arraigned for breaching the Lagos Infection Diseases Regulations 2020 (the Regulations) which prescribes a jail term of one month or N100,000 fine or both for persons found guilty of hosting gatherings or flouting the lockdown order.
But the recent development has stirred reactions from some celebrities demanding for her release.
Actress Mary Njoku on her Instagram page appealed that the actress be released.
She, however, asked if politicians and others who held gatherings amid the lockdown have been arrested too.
Her post reads: “Are all, I mean all the politicians, Pastors, Nigerians who have held parties, gatherings, photo sessions, rallies, and opening ceremonies in Jail?
“I am not making excuses for her please. Just asking. Yes, she was wrong. Nobody is perfect. Release Funke, she is sorry.”
Also, Uche Elendu appealed to the Lagos State government to release her for the sake of her twins.
“Please, release her. I do not have any excuses to make for her because the law is simple. No social gathering but her humble and sweet spirit doesn’t deserve this arrest.
“We are sorry on her behalf; please Jide Sanwo-Olu.
“She explained and apologized. Please listen and forgive, at least people ate food at the party. The people that clustered people to share 2 packs of indomie in the name of quarantine relief were not arrested. Please forgive her.
“Nigerians please the same way you got her arrested through social media, please beg them to release her, her twins are crying.”

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