Funke Akindele and her her husband jailed for breaking lockdown rules

Magistrate court sitting in Lagos has sentenced Nollywood actress Funke Akindele and her husband Abdulrasheed Bello a.k.a JJC skills to 14 days community service each.

The duo were ordered to pay a fine of N100,000 each.

Mrs Aje Afunwa of the Lagos State Magistrates’ Court in Ogba, who pronounced the sentence, also ordered that the couple be placed in self-isolation.

They were also instructed to compile the names and phone numbers of everyone who attended Bello’s birthday party and submit same to the court.

DAILY POST recalls that Akindele and her husband pleaded guilty after she was arrrsted for flouting social distancing regulation amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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 .