JUST IN: Court Sentences 34 Gbagada Joggers To One-Month Community Service For Violating The Social Distancing Directives In Lagos

A Yaba Magistrates’ Court in Lagos has sentenced 34 persons to one-month community service for violating the social distancing directives of the Lagos State Government. .



The court convicted the defendants following their plea of guilty to a one-count charge of working out in a group larger than 20 persons on the Gbagada-Oworonsoki Expressway. .
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The violators will be quarantined for 14 days at the Infectious Diseases Hospital, Yaba, or any other place designated by the government. .
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Three others pleaded not guilty.