different banks in the city blocked the ever busy King Square (Ring Road) to traffic and there, played football, causing diversion of vehicular traffics to adjourning streets and roads
The depositors,who are majorly youths turned down all pleas from a detachment of police and men of the Edo State Traffic Management Agency who were available to control the traffic.
According to Itohan Omo,who banks with one of the old generation banks, “I was here yesterday (Thursday), but they said there was no money,and they were giving people #2,000 and I said for what now? I came to collect money to stock my home with food, but they said no money, at the end of the day I could not get even #1000.
“I was in the bank all through yesterday,but got nothing,I didn’t even have money to buy water,I have to go to UBA, because I also have an account there, that is where I was able to drink water. I came here today ( Friday) the samething, everybody is angry,and at a time people say we are here and nobody is concerned,let go and block the road, that is how they went to the road and started playing football on the road , maybe this may get to the government. I am a woman,I need to go to the market, but I can’t get my money, my money is with this bank.” she said.
Also Osagiede Osagie said,he came to the bank and was told that there is no money.
“I came to the bank and was told that there was no money,no money,no light,no fuel. We don’t have light,but we are buying fuel, all of a sudden, they said that there is no fuel again,and they are selling #600 per liter,I am a business persons, I just came to get money to do my business,but I can’t do anything now. Government is not giving us any money,why would they cajole us to bring all our money to the bank and all of a suden , you can’t get one naira from your money again.This a wicked situation,and only God will judge them.” He said.
