Lockdown: "The prosecution & conviction of Funke Akindele was overbearing & unnecessary" - Fani Kayode said..

Nigeria former minister for aviation, Fani Kayode has reacted to the prosecution and conviction of actress Funke Akindele for throwing a party during the stay-at-home order by the government, elucidating the act as overbearing and unnecessary.

He took his verified Twitter page, to disclosed that a warning would have been handed to her especially after expressing her remorse publicly.


See his tweets below:

The prosecution & conviction of Funke Akindele was overbearing & unnecessary. A warning would have been enough. This is especially so after she publicly expressed remorse. The court was crowded. Why don't they prosecute those that were there as well, including the Magistrate?

— Femi Fani-Kayode (@realFFK) April 7, 2020