Top Lagos Politician Arrested For Attending Funke Akindele’s Party Amidst Lockdown

Lagos State Police Command has confirmed the detainment of a former gubernatorial candidate of the Action Democratic Party (ADP), Babatunde Gbadamosi, and his wife for attending Funke Akindele‘s party which took place at her residence on Saturday.

Mr Gbadamosi, a politician who recently decamped to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), owns the estate was spotted in a viral video attending a birthday party organised by Nollywood actress, Funke Akindele-Bello for her husband, Abdul-Rasheed Bello, held in Amen Estate, Ibeju-Lekki axis of the state contravening lockdown order declared by the State Government to curtail coronavirus spread.

A police source at the command headquarters revealed that Gbadamosi has been detained and may not be released by the law enforcement agency for engaging in an act that was at variance with the law.

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The actress hosted a house party in celebration of her husband’s birthday amidst the coronavirus lockdown.

The party had over 20 attendees which were against the government order.

Also, he confirmed attending the party in an apology video posted online.

” I attended the party thinking I would meet the celebrant’s family alone but things changed an hour later when more people arrived”. He Said.

Funke Akindele was arrested on Sunday and moved to Panti where her husband joined her on Monday morning. They were arraigned and both pleaded guilty before Ogba Magistrate court.

They were sentenced to 14 days of community service and a fine of N100,000 each.

The state attorney-general, Moyosore Onigbanjo, in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) said all those who attended the party held in Amen Estate in Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos would be prosecuted once apprehended.

She said Mrs Akindele and her husband will provide “the names, addresses and telephone numbers of every person who attended the party within 24 hours”

Meanwhile, Mr Elkana on Tuesday says that Mr Gbadamosi and his wife are at panti.

“He and his wife reported at the State CID Yaba. They also attended the party organised by Funke and her husband”, his message read.

Babatunde Olalere Gbadamosi is a Nigerian businessman and politician. He was the Action Democratic Party Governorship candidate in the 2019 Lagos State Gubernatorial Election. He is the secretary of the National Intervention Movement, (NIM) Lagos.