Sophia Michaels
Funke Akindele shared her anguish on Twitter, just after being arrested by the Lagos State Police for violating a lockdown order on Coronavirus.
Recall that the Lagos State Government had issued an order which banned a public gathering of more than 20 people.
However the actress incited outrage today after being spotted in a viral video hosting a crowded birthday party for her husband, JJC Skillz on his 43rd birthday.
We reported earlier that Funke Akindele was arrested for violating restriction orders in Lagos.
In a new report, the Lagos State Public Relations Officer, Bala Elkana, confirms that the actress has been taken to the State Criminal Investigation Department, Panti, Yaba.
“Yes, we have (arrested) Funke Akindele and we are looking for the others. She has been taken to SCID.”
were the words claimed to have been said by the PRO
It’s been revealed that authorities arrived in the estate where the actress lives —Amen Estate off Lekki-Epe Expressway— in about three patrol vehicles.
The statement reads,
Funke Akindele arrested for violating restriction orders in Lagos
The Attention of Lagos State Police Command was drawn to a viral video showing a large number of persons mainly in the entertainment industry in an Estate, along Ajah, Ibeju-Lekki axis, Lagos celebrating a birthday party organised by Funke Akindele Bello and her husband.
Police detectives from the State CID Yaba were promptly drafted to the location.
The Lagos State Police also disclosed that efforts are intensified to arrest the remaining persons in the video, among whom are Azeez Fashola a.k.a Naira Marley and the actress’ husband, Abdul Rasheed Bello a.k.a. JJC Skillz.
However after being arrested, the actress wrote in a tweet she shared by 7:58pm;
I just pray I survive this. I’m so broken
