The Lagos State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of Babatunde Gbadamosi, a former governorship candidate of the Action Democratic Party (ADP), and his wife for attending Funke Akindele‘s party which took place at her Amen Estate residence in on Saturday.
The popular Nollywood actress hosted a house party in celebration of her husband, Abdulrasheed Bello’s birthday amidst the coronavirus lockdown.
The party which had over 20 attendees violates the government order and consequently attracted wide condemnation across social media.
Gbadamosi, a Lagos politician who recently decamped from ADP to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), owns the estate and also confirmed attending the party in an apology video posted on online.
He said he attended the party thinking he would meet the celebrant’s family but things changed an hour later when more people arrived.
Funke Akindele was arrested on Sunday and moved to Panti where her husband joined her on Monday morning. They were arraigned and both pleaded guilty before Ogba Magistrate court.
They were sentenced to 14 days of community service and a fine of N100,000 each.
Lagos Police spokesperson, Bala Elkana, has also confirmed the arrest of singer Naira Marley, who was also at the party.
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The state attorney-general, Moyosore Onigbanjo, in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) said all those who attended the party held in Amen Estate in Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos would be prosecuted once apprehended.
She said Mrs Akindele-Bello and her husband will provide “the names, addresses and telephone numbers of every person who attended the party within 24 hours”
Meanwhile, Gbadamosi and his wife were confirmed to be at Panti on Tuesday.
“He and his wife reported at the State CID Yaba. They also attended the party organised by Funke and her husband”, Elkana was quoted by Premium Times NG.
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