Naira Marley pleads guilty in court, fined N100,000

Naira Marley and his manager, Seyi Awouga, have pleaded guilty to violating a Covid-19 lockdown order in Lagos state.

According to a police statement, the duo was “awarded a fine of one hundred thousand naira each by the presiding Magistrate.”

The police said Naira Marley was charged to the Lagos State Special Offences (Mobile) Court, Oshodi under “the 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.”