Funke Akindele sentenced to 14-day community service

 

Actress, Funke Akindele, popularly known as Jenifa, and her husband, Abdul Rasheed Bello, have been sentenced to 14-day community service for violating the Lagos State’s COVID-19 lockdown order.

Mrs Aje Afunwa of the Lagos State Magistrates’ Court in Ogba, who pronounced the sentence, also imposed a fine of N100,000 each on the husband and wife.

The magistrate, who also ordered that they should be placed in self-isolation, added that they must compile the names and phone numbers of everyone who attended Bello’s birthday party and submit same to the court.

The couple had held a party at their residence at Amen Estate, Ibeju-Lekki on Saturday.

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The birthday party in honour of Akindele’s husband had received a backlash from the public who saw it as a deliberate violation of the Social Distancing message aimed at curbing the coronavirus pandemic, of which the actress was an ambassador.

The birthday party video had been posted on the Instagram page of the celebrant.