The Nigerian musician, Azeez Fashola, popularly known as Naira Marley has been arraigned before a mobile court in Abuja for performing at a drive through concert at Jabi Lake Mall on June 13, 2020 in contravention of COVID-19 guidelines.
The charges are being read to him under tight security at the Eagle Square, venue of where the mobile court is sitting.
Recall that the Federal Capital Territory Administration Ministerial Task Team on COVID-19 later sealed the mall for flouting the ban on social gathering.
The musician was arrested on Thursday alongside his manager Seyi Awouga.
Both men pleaded guilty and were each fined 100,000 naira ($258; £197).
Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, has the third-highest number of coronavirus cases after South Africa and Egypt.
