The Lagos State Special Offences (Mobile) Court, Oshodi has fined singer Afeezz Fashola and his manager N100, 000 for flouting the ban on interstate travels in June this year.
The controversial artiste left Lagos for the Federal Capital Territory for a concert on Saturday, June 13, 2020.
The concert, which held at the Jabi Lake Mall, Abuja, attracted public outrage.
The government thereafter shut down the mall and stopped the operation of the airline, whose plane conveyed Naira Marley.
The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, was said to have ordered Naira Marley’s arrest.
AMILOADED learnt that the singer and his manager turned themselves in at the police station on Thursday and were subsequently arrested.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Bala Elkana, confirmed the development in a statement.
He said, “It will be recalled that on June 13, 2020, around 2pm, the suspect, in total violation of the lockdown order, embarked on a non-essential travel from Lagos to Abuja and back to Lagos the same date through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, for a musical concert in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja
Elkana, said Naira Marley was arraigned alongside his Manager Seyi Awouga on a one-count charge of ”breach of the cessation of movement and interstates travel order made by the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria under Regulation 4(i) of the Lagos State Infectious Disease Emergency Prevention) Regulation No 2 of 2020 and committed an offence punishable under Section 58 Public Health Law, Ch. P16, Laws of Lagos State 2015”
When the charge was read to them, Naira Marley and his manager pleaded guilty and were awarded a fine of one hundred thousand naira each by the presiding Magistrate.
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