A Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos Wednesday sentenced 51 persons to one-month community service for violating the social distancing directives of the Lagos State Government.
Chief Magistrate Peter Ojo convicted the defendants following their plea of guilty to twin one-count charges of unlawful gathering.
The violators include the 34 out of 37 persons arrested by the police while exercising at Gbagada and the 17 out of 18 persons arrested at Ajegunle, both in Lagos.
They were convicted following separate arraignments by the State Criminal Intelligence and Investigation Department (SCIID), Panti, Yaba.
Police counsel, Mr A. A. Adegoke, a Deputy Superintendent (DSP), told the court that the Gbagada group committed the offence Wednesday “along Bush Street/Gbagada Express Road/Ogudu Area”.
The court heard that the Ajegunle group committed their offense on April 1, at Ajegunle.