Ekiti convicts two pastors for flouting lockdown order

Two pastors, Abiodun Daramola and Sunday Akinwande of the Source of Salvation Ministries, Omisanjana in Ado-Ekiti, have been convicted by an An Ado Ekiti Magistrate Court for violating the lockdown order of the state government.

The Magistrate, Mr Lanre Owoleso, found the clerics guilty of the two counts preferred against them, fining them N50,000 fine each.

The Magistrate also ordered them to perform one hour of community service each.

The two pastors were charged for conducting a religious gathering of more than 30 persons on Sunday, contrary to the stay-at-home order of the Ekiti State Government and the order prohibiting gatherings of more than 20 persons.

Femi Onipede, the state Prosecutor in charge of the case, told the court that “the two pastors committed the offence on April 19 at the Source of Salvation Ministries, Omisanjana in Ado-Ekiti in Ado-Ekiti Magisterial District without lawful excuse.”