UPDATE: Celebrity Mum, Funke Akindele-Bello and Hubby, JJC Skillz Plead Guilty To Flouting FG’s Social Distancing Order
Celebrity mum and actress Funke Akindele-Bello and her hubby, Abdulrasheed Bello aka JJC Skillz, as a follow-up to their arrest by the police yesterday have pleaded guilty to the one-count charge of defiling the orders of the Lagos state government on public gatherings and social distancing.
The couple were arraigned on Monday morning April 6, before a Chief Magistrate court in Ogba by the Lagos State Government and the state police command for the alleged violation of the lockdown order to check the spread of COVID-19. The charge was filed by the Attorney General of Lagos State, Moyosore Onigbanjo.
Funke and JJC were arrested for holding a house party in their Amen estate home on Saturday April 4 despite the restriction in movement and social distancing order issued by the state and Federal governments as part of measures to curb the spread of Coronavirus in the state.
Akindele and her husband both pleaded guilty after their charges were read to them. The magistrate is being awaited to deliver her verdict.
See a copy of their charge sheet below and more photos from the court:
