Bashir Ahmad, the Personal Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on New Media, revealed this on Twitter on Sunday.
The Federal Capital Territory Administration also announced its decision to lock up the mall on Sunday afternoon via Twitter.
The action followed the judgment of a Mobile Court sitting in Jabi and presided over by Magistrate Idayat Akonni. The event had attracted a wave of public backlash on Sunday with many residents accusing the government including Aviation authorities of double standards. In her ruling, the magistrate ordered that the mall be sealed for two weeks.PREMIUM TIMES gathered that hip-hop artiste, Azeez Fashola, aka Naira Marley, held a concert at Jabi mall on Saturday in contravention of the directive of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 as part of measures to curb the spread of the virus.
But the organisers said they instructed the crowd to go back to their cars before Naira Marley mounted the stage and have proof to back their claims.
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