Due to the overwhelming strive to get the newly redesignedย naira notes,ย some angry residents of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, have resolved to be violent and attacked a commercial bank in the city.
A viral video obtained by ๐น๐๐๐๐ ๐ฝ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ธ๐๐๐๐ on Saturday morning shows the citizens destroying a facility of a Commercial Bank, reportedly located at Agodi in Ibadan.
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The bankโs Automated Teller Machine (ATM) boots and other facilities were all vandalized while bank staff were forced to run for safety. Watch Video Here
The mob also vandalized some cars packed in the bankโs vicinity.ย Naija Newsย reports that the protest started in Ibadan on Friday as angryย citizens took to the streetsย 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. Watch Video Here
The protest as well brought commercial activities to a standstill as popular roads such as the Iwo Road, Gate, and other roads in Oyo State were blocked by the angry protesters