Coronavirus Lockdown: Funke Akindele Finally Breaks Silence

Well-liked actress Funke Akindele Bello has revealed that controversial musician Naira Marley had been at her residence earlier than the lockdown declared by President Muhammadu Buhari.

Naija News experiences that Nigerians had lambasted Funke Akindele for organising a house party to mark her husband’s birthday with Naira Marley and Funke’s greatest good friend, Eniola Badmus in attendance.

In a video launched on her social media platforms a number of hours earlier than her arrest, Funke Akindele vowed to assist the Nigerian authorities in creating extra consciousness in eradicating the coronavirus pandemic.

She stated, “I’ve seen all of the messages on Social Media. I can’t deliberately mislead folks.

“It was my husband’s birthday (on Saturday). Each of us run a studio which is positioned in Amen Property the place we stay.

“When the pandemic began, we stopped all productions together with our new initiatives.

“However earlier than the lockdown was introduced by our President, some youths have been within the boot camp right here in Amen Property – majority of the youths had been these you noticed within the video.

“Naira Marley got here in right here earlier than the lockdown. And when the lockdown was introduced, he stated he would love to remain again, saying he loves this atmosphere.

“I stated okay superb. Then my husband’s birthday got here up. And all of us got here collectively as a household.

“All people in that video had been in Amen Property some months earlier than, weeks earlier than and days earlier than the lockdown. No person got here from their homes to occasion with us.

“I’m sorry if I’ve misled you. I respect your issues and I promise to at all times apply what I preach.

“I promise to at all times assist the federal government in creating extra consciousness to eradicate this pandemic.”

This on-line information platform experiences that the actress was arrested by the officers of the Nigeria Police Force, Lagos State Command, for internet hosting a home occasion that contravened the lockdown order of the federal government.

She was taken from her residence in Amen Property off the Lekki-Epe Expressway to the State Felony Investigation Division, Panti, Yaba.