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Entertainment of Thursday, 9 April 2020

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Naira Marley to shoot COVID-19 awareness video for Lagos govt

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Nigerian musician, Naira Marley, has offered to do a solo campaign against the coronavirus pandemic for the Lagos State Government, according to reports.

This is coming after the controversial singer was arraigned before a magistrate court by the state government for defying the social distancing order by attending Funke Akindele and husband, JJC Skillz's house party.

Reports revealed that the move is part of the conditions the state gave the artist after it agreed to drop the social distancing charge against him.

“I hereby undertake to join the Lagos the Lagos State campaign against the spread of the COVID-19 by making a free audio-visual publication towards the campaign against COVID-19,” Marley told Chief Magistrate Yewande Aje-Afunwa in the letter.

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain Babatunde Gbadamosi and his wife, Folashade, also had their charges dropped alongside Naira Marley and they agreed to partner with the state govt in the fight against the pandemic,

The to have “undertaken to work with the government to tackle the COVID 19 pandemic,” Lagos State Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Mr Yhaqub Oshoala told the court.

The agreement will see the trio offer a personal apology to the president and governor; give the undertaking to comply with the COVID-19 regulations, and go into self-isolation for 14 days and report back to the court.

Chief Magistrate Yewande Aje-Afunwa ruled that “Upon the oral application made by the Director of Public Prosecutions on behalf of the Attorney-General of Lagos State pursuant to Sections 71 and 73 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State (ACJL) and pursuant to the fact that the three defendants have complied with conditions for the withdrawal of the charge, the unchallenged application for withdrawal of the charge, leave is hereby granted to the Attorney-General of Lagos to withdraw the charge.

“The three defendants are hereby discharged.”

She commended the defendants for “taking the path of honour by taking responsibility for their mistakes” which had made restorative justice possible.

The Chief Magistrate, responding to an application by Adegboruwa, said there was no need to strike out the charge against the defendants.

“The plea of the defendants have not been taken, so all the DPP needs to is to withdraw the charge,” Aje-Afunwa added.

Source: Goldmyne TV