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Traveller gets 14-day community service for flouting COVID-19 Law The Punch
Published 8 July 2021
A Magistrate’s Court sitting in Ogba, Lagos State, has sentenced one Oluwakemi Raji, a traveller from India, to 14 days community service for flouting the Coronavirus Pandemic Law of Lagos State.
The defendant was arraigned by the Directorate of Public Prosecutions on behalf of the State Government and pleaded guilty to a two-count of breaking out of confinement and constituting nuisance to the public, contrary to Section 17 of the Coronavirus Pandemic Law, 2021 and Section 6 of the Public Health Law of Lagos State, 2015.
Prior to her arraignment, the Chief State Counsel of the Directorate of Public Prosecutions, Lagos State Ministry of Justice, Benedicta Shokoya, said the defendant, with Passport Number B00166532, came into Lagos State on Qatar Airline flight on May 23, 2021 from India, one of the red-listed countries, and was transported to one of the isolation