Nigeria, April 8 -- Some 34 fitness enthusiasts involved in a street exercise in Gbagada, Lagos, have been sentenced to one-month community service for violating the social distancing directives of the government.

A Yaba Magistrates' Court on Wednesday convicted the defendants, following their plea of guilty to a one-count charge of working out in a group larger than 20 persons on the Gbagada-Oworonsoki Expressway.

Three others pleaded not guilty.

The court also ruled that the violators be quarantined for 14 days at the Infectious Diseases Hospital Yaba or any other place designated by the government.

The first street exercise was recorded on Monday at Gbagada area of the state with participation from a large number of residents.

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