Scarcity of New Naira Notes: Angry Customers Attack Commercial Bank, Chase Away Staff

Owing to the overwhelming strive to get the newly redesigned naira notes, some angry residents of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, went violent and attacked a commercial bank in the city.

A viral video obtained by Naija News, an online medium on Saturday showed the citizens destroying a facility of the Commercial Bank, reportedly located at Agodi area of Ibadan.

The bank’s Automated Teller Machine (ATM) boots and other facilities were all vandalised in the process, while bank staff were forced to run for safety.

The mob also touched some cars packed in the bank’s vicinity.

According to the reports, the protest sbegan on Friday as angry citizens took to the streets to lament the non-availability of the new naira notes and the hardship the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) policy had caused.

The protesters also lamented the lingering fuel scarcity in the entire country. Many major roads in the city were blocked as the protesters went around with placards lamenting the current situation.