Lagos State Government has withdrawn charges against singer, Azeez Fashola, popularly known as Naira Marley, and former governorship candidate, Babatunde Gbadamosi, and his wife.
The aforementioned persons were meant to be arraigned on Wednesday before the Lagos State Magistrates’ Court in Ogba for attending the birthday party of JJC Skillz, husband of actress, Funke Akindele.
The party had more than 20 persons in attendance, a violation of the government’s social distancing directive to check the spread of the coronavirus.
However, one of the prosecution counsels, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, told reporters on Wednesday that the four-count charge filed against the three defendants had been withdrawn.
Journalists were barred from covering the court proceedings.
He said the state withdrew the charges on the condition that the defendants would tender an apology to President Muhammadu Buhari Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos.
