By Tanimu Muhammad
Abuja
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Ministerial Task Team on Covid -19 has on Sunday closed down the popular Jabi Lake Mall for violating the Presidential Task Force’s directives on the ban on public and social gatherings and also the dusk to down curfew in place as part of measures to contain the spread of the dreaded pandemic Coronavirus in the territory.
Speaking to news men in Abuja after sealing the mall, leader of the Ministerial Enforcement Taskteam on COVID-19 Restrictions, Ikharo Attah lamented that despite many warnings from the presidential Task Force and the FCT Administration on guidelines to operate, the management of the Jabi Lake mall chose to encourage and permit a concert by their customer, Naira Marley and also conducting business activities exceeding the normal hours allowed by the authorities.
He further disclosed that the administration has secured a judgement from a mobile court headed by Magistrate Idayat Akonni who sat in the malls premises in Jabi to seal up the mall for two weeks for default of the COVID 19 protocols bearing three count charges on the Mall.
Attah Ikharo explained that the seal up order was necessitated by the the unlawful and embarrassing event at the mall Friday night.
When asked if the FCT administration plans to declare Marley wanted, Attah said Naira Marley”flew into Abuja Friday from Lagos and returned back same day to the nation’s former Capital City.
“We are convinced that the Lagos state govt which in recent past had unpleasant experience with the artiste will do the needful since he also breached the inter state travel ban which applies to Lagos state “.