Breaking: Funke Akindele & husband, JJC Skillz sentenced

Funke Akindele and her husband, JJC Skillz have both been sentenced to fourteen days in community service with a fine of one hundred thousand naira each.

The ruling was given by Chief magistrate Yewande Aje-Afunwa at the Ogba Magistrate Court.

According to the magistrate, the couple is also to go into self-isolation for fourteen days in an undisclosed location.

The location where the couple will be self-isolating will be decided by the Lagos State Ministry of Health.

Akindele and JJC Skillz were arraigned before a magistrate court in Lagos for defiling the orders of the Lagos state government which had ordered Lagosians to stay at home.

It would be recalled that Funke Akindele was arrested by men of the Nigeria Police Force on Sunday, April 5, 2020, for organising a house party despite the lockdown order issued by the government.

The policemen were reported to have arrived her residence at Amen Estate off Lekki-Epe Expressway in about three patrol vehicles.

On Saturday, April 4, 2020, the actress threw a party that had over 20 people in attendance to celebrate her husband.