Nigerian musician Afeez Fashola popularly known as Naira Marley has agreed to shoot a video against the spread of COVID-19 pandemic in partnership with the Lagos State Government.

This is part of the bail condition which he agreed to before the court granted him bail for breaching the social distance rule in lagos state.

Marley told an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos via an April 9 letter that he is going to be making the video at his own cost.

“I hereby undertake to join the Lagos the Lagos State campaign against the spread of the COVID-19 by making a free audio-visual publication towards the campaign against COVID-19,” Marley told Chief Magistrate Yewande Aje-Afunwa in the letter.

Mrs Aje-Afunwa approved the withdrawal of the charge against the musician alongside Babatunde Gbadamosi and his wife.

The Chief Magistrate made the order following the defendants’ compliance with conditions set by the government.

Lagos State Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Mr Yhaqub Oshoala informed the court that the Gbadamosis and Marley agreed gave an undertaking to comply with all of the State’s conditions for the withdrawal.

He noted that they had “undertaken to work with the government to tackle the COVID 19 pandemic.”

The conditions are that the trio should individually offer a personal apology to the president and governor; give the undertaking to comply with the COVID-19 regulations, and go into self-isolation for 14 days and report back to the court.

The magistrate commended the defendants for “taking the path of honour by taking responsibility for their mistakes” which had made restorative justice possible.

According to the four-count charge marked MK/A/44/2020 filed by the state, the defendants and others at large committed the offences last Saturday at No 9, Gbadamosi Close, Amen Estate, Ibeju-Lekki.

They were accused of scorning the suspension of movement and stay at home order of President Muhammadu Buhari and the social distancing order given by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos.

Naira Marley and Babatunde were part of those who attended last Saturday’s party organised by Nollywood actress, Mrs Funke Akindele, for her husband Abdul-Rasheed’s birthday.