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The Lagos State Government has asked the Federal High Court in Lagos to dismiss a suit challenging the conviction of actress, Funke Akindele, her husband, Abdul Rasheed Bello, and 236 others.
Akindele, alias Jenifa, Bello, and the others were arrested for violating the state’s lockdown and social distancing order to check the spread of COVID-19. She and Bello, in particular, were convicted on April 6, 2020, by an Ogba Magistrates’ Court, days after they held a crowded house birthday party in violation of the social distancing order.But a Lagos-based lawyer, Olukoya Ogungbeje, approached the court, challenging the constitutionality of the Lagos State Infectious Diseases Regulations 2020 pursuant to which Akindele, her husband and 236 other residents were convicted and sentenced.
At the proceedings in the matter before Justice Maureen Onyetenu, the government, through its counsel, Jonathan Ogunsanya, said it had filed a preliminary objection, praying the court to dismiss Ogungbeje’s suit for lacking in merit.As a result, Justice Onyetenu adjourned hearing till July 21.
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