Naira Marley pleads guilty in court, fined

Naira Marley, whose real name is Afeezz Fashola and his manager have been fined the sum of N100,000 by the Lagos State Special Offences (Mobile) Court, Oshodi.

This is for flouting the ban on interstate travels in June this year.

It can be recalled that the singer and his manager travelled from Lagos to Abuja and back to Lagos for a drive-through concert in Abuja on June 8, 2020.

He was arraigned before the court by the state police command on August 6.

In a statement by Bala Elkana, the spokesperson of the state police command, we learnt that Naira Marley was arraigned alongside his Manager Seyi Awouga on a one-count charge of ”breach of the cessation of movement and interstates travel order made by the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria under Regulation 4(i) of the Lagos State Infectious Disease Emergency Prevention) Regulation No 2 of 2020 and committed an offence punishable under Section 58 Public Health Law, Ch. P16, Laws of Lagos State 2015”

When the charge was read to them, Naira Marley and his manager pleaded guilty and were awarded a fine of one hundred thousand naira each by the presiding Magistrate.