Nollywood Star And Husband Fined, Sentenced To 14-Day Community Service For Breaking Lockdown Rules

Nollywood actress Funke Akindele and her husband AbdulRasheed Bello have been sentenced to 14-day community service and fined #100,000 for being guilty of breaking the lockdown rules at a Magistrates Court in Lagos.

A lawsuit was filed against the couple at the court the day after they threw a star-studded birthday party at their residence, a clip of which later surfaced online leading the authorities calling at their place and demanded that they report to the police station on Monday.

Having pleaded guilty, the magistrate, Mrs. Aje Afunwa, found the couple guilty of blatantly flouting the social distancing rules, which prohibited crowding in this period of coronavirus pandemic - the couple had a famous pop singer Naira Marley in attendance.

 Afunwa also in her judgment, demanded that the couple go into self-isolation immediately and asked them to submit to the court, the names and mobile telephone numbers of all the attendees of their wild birthday party on Sunday - it was Bello's 43rd birthday ceremony.