COVID-19: Funke Akindele now a convict – Lawyers react to court judgment
In her judgment, Mrs Aje Afunwa of the Magistrates’ Court ordered them to pay a fine of N100,000 each.
However, Barrister John Ochogwu while speaking with DAILY POST insisted that Akindele and her husband are now convicts going by the ruling of the Magistrates’ Court.He said: “Whether it was a Civil offence or not, she has been charged and convicted based on a Criminal Charge rightly or wrongly. As far as the Judgment and her Conviction stands, she is a convict. She could only appeal and set aside.
Edeh also stated that the actress and her husband could appeal the ruling on the ground that they were coaxed into pleading guilty. “In my opinion, she must have been told to go to court and plead guilty and that they will merely ask her to pay the fine. She actually did not understand the extent or implication of a conviction.”
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