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Security personnel on Sunday morning shut down the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) Secretariat in Benin also known as 'Bar house' indefinitely.
The Officials of Edo State Government Taskforce on Covid-19 also stopped its members from holding their election Covid-19 pandemic.
Members of the Association had taken advantage of work free Day (Sunday), to hold their election, were dislodged by a team of security operatives.
Peeved by the rising cases of Covid-19 in the State, the State Government enacted a legal framework (gazette) prohibiting large gatherings in the State as part of stringent measures to curb the spread the pandemic in the State.
Sources said that security personnel got intelligence report on the election, swopped in on NBA members who were accused of flouting the laws, shut down the venue.
A reporter with Crack team Naija, Mr Albert Obazee who claimed to have witnessed the covert operation which lasted for few minutes on his way to meeting, alleged that "most persons found at the Bar house were neither wearing nose mask nor observed any physical distancing, use of hand sanitizers and hand washing rules.
He commended the State Government Taskforce team on Covid-19 for their prompt response to avert the possible spread of Coronavirus.
"The security personnel stormed NBA, Benin bar house to stop them from organizing illegal election amidst Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic", he said.
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