FCT Mobile Court Jails Imams, Pastors For Violating Lockdown Order

A Federal Capital Territory Mobile Court sitting at the Eagle Square in Abuja, has convicted five clerics for violating the presidential lockdown order on FCT.

Magistrate Idayat Akonni, who presided over the matter, sentenced them with an option of N5, 000 fine in addition to a one day community service.

Those convicted were Imam Abdullahi Mohammed of Gwarinpa Estate, Imam Suleiman Idris of Mobi close, Area 11, Garki and Deputy Imam Useni Umar of the same address; Pastor Phillips Olumbori of Celestial Church of Christ, Lugbe and Reverend Moses Chinedu of Mercy City Gospel Centre, Aco Estate, Lugbe.

The Chairman FCT Ministerial Enforcement Task team on Covid-19 operations, Ikharo Attah, while addressing journalists said that a total of 73 violators were convicted on Sunday.

“The verdict, though mild, is a welcome development; those sentenced should be worried because they are now ex-convicts having been found guilty and sentenced by a competent court of law.”