The police has said that popular actress, Funke Akindele and her husband, Abdulrasheed Bello popularly called JJC Skillz, would be arraigned together.
The Lagos State Police Command said Funke’s husband arrived at the SCID around 2 am and they both would be arraigned together for flouting the lockdown order in Lagos State.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Bala Elkana, who provided the latest updates said Funke had earlier been taken to a Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ogba, Lagos, having been arrested on Sunday.
However, JJC Skillz and Naira Marley were absent during the time of arrest, causing the police to invite them.
Specifically, she was hosting a party in honour of her husband, an action many people found reprehensible given that Funke herself had been advocating caution in the wake of the spread of the virus.
“The husband arrived at the SCID around 2 am and they will be arraigned together.”, the police say, adding that the couple are being arraigned for breaching the Lagos Infection Diseases Regulations 2020 (the Regulations).
The law 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.
It reads in part, “Where there is a violation of a close down or stay at home order, security Agencies shall have the power to arrest without warrant and may detain any person who violates the close down or stay at home order for at least 48 hours.
“Where the arrested person is found guilty, the person is liable to a fine of N100,000.00 or one-month imprisonment or three months Community service.”
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