Residents of Benin, the capital of Edo state, have taken to
the streets to protest the lingering scarcity of naira notes in the country.
A witness disclosed that residents set bonfires on major
roads and also attacked banks in the state capital.
A branch of Access Bank Plc was set on fire by aggrieved
protesters.
Some of them were said to have attempted to break into the
state branch of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) located along Akpakpava Road,
a commercial nerve centre in Benin.
This development comes hours after the supreme court
adjourned the case on the CBN’s naira redesign policy till February 22 for
hearing of the consolidated suits by 10 states.
The court joined Katsina, Lagos, Cross Rivers, Ogun, Ondo,
Ekiti, and Sokoto states as co-plaintiffs in the suit challenging the naira
redesign policy of the Federal government.
Similarly, the apex court joined Edo and Bayelsa states in
support of the federal government on implementation of the naira redesign
policy.
Below are pictures:
In a video seen on social media, other banks were also
subjected to attacks.
Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everydayAkpakpava Benin City is currently a total mess, banks and property are been destroyed all in the name of protest 😫😭😭 pic.twitter.com/rpoYPiuqKF
— Mallory (@ladymal01) February 15, 2023
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