Videos online show two banks being set on fire in the Sagamu district of Ogun State as protests over the currency shortage flare up once more.
In the videos posted on Monday, it could be seen that many locals were there while the Keystone and Union banks were set on fire, with several young people holding boards in protest.
On Friday of last week, ANAEDOONLINE.NG reported that protests broke out in the Mowe-Ibafo neighbourhood of Ogun State, with numerous locals obstructing the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway in opposition to the miseries and hardships brought on by the persistent devaluation of the naira.
Reacting to the development, a Twitter user, @arranowanna wrote, “Kindly advise your friends, families and acquaintances to avoid any protests. Take your frustration to the ballots on Saturday. Don’t burn banks, don’t burn petrol stations, don’t burn government properties.”
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Another user, @morningstar_305 wrote, “I just put a call through to the house and it was confirmed to me that keystone bank and union bank at ijoku has been set ablaze by angry citizens.”
While popular tweep, Pooja, wrote, “If you are in Sagamu, be careful cos there is a protest on new naira notes.”
Meanwhile, on Thursday last week, the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), in a national broadcast had said the old N500 and N1,000 notes were no longer legal tender in the country, however extending the validity of the old N200 note for 60 days, till April 10, 2023.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, Bola Oyeyemi, could not be reached as at the time of filing this report, as phone calls to his line were not responded to as well as text messages.
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