Each convict is
fined GHC14,400 or in default serve a five-year jail term.
Six Nigerians, who
defied the lockdown order of President Nana Akufo-Addo and went partying at
Teshie in Accra, Ghana, have been slapped with a fine of $15,150.
The six recalcitrant
Nigerians, who took the law into their hands, were slapped with the hefty fine
by an Accra Circuit Court for attending a birthday party at Teshie, First
Junction, defying the President’s ban on social gatherings owing to the
COVID-19 pandemic, Ghanaweb reports.
The convicts are
Amadi Mine, Precious Aboy-Iyen, Marshal Oviegjare, Godsway Fejiro, Elliot
Sharker, and David Amos.
Each convict is
fined GHC14,400 or in default serve a five-year jail term.
According to
prosecutors, the six were part of a group of about 50 people, who attended the
said party on Saturday, April 18, 2020.
The police, upon a
tip-off, stormed the venue and managed to arrest the six people, who took to
their heels alongside those at the party.
The court presided
by Efia Owusua Appiah in handing them her judgement, indicated that her
decision was to serve as a deterrent to other people.
They all pleaded
guilty to the charge of conspiracy not to comply with restrictions imposed by
the Imposition of Restrictions Act, 2020 (Act 1012) and failure to comply with
Act 1012.
The police at Teshie
acting on a tip-off had arrested seven Nigerians for organising a party at
Teshie of which six were convicted.
According to the
police, the convicts breached the restriction orders imposed by the President.
The police said on
Saturday around 10:30am, Teshie police embarked on operations within the
township to clamp down on persons violating the COVID-19 restriction order.
The team arrested
eight commercial buses (trotro) drivers seen violating the restriction order
and when they proceeded further, seven Nigerians having a party at First
Junction were also grabbed.
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