Armed policemen have taken over the premises of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) located in the Alagbaka area of Akure, the Ondo state capital.
This is coming after a large crowd of ban customers converge on the Akure branch of the apex bank.
Most of the customers wanted new notes while some wanted to lodge their old naira notes after their banks declined to facilitate either of the two transactions.
The commercial banks reportedly told them they should take their old notes directly to CBN to be swapped.
One of them said:
“You can just imagine, the bank is not collecting the old notes from us. They directed us to go and deposit the money at the CBN office and it’s the reason why we are here right now.
“Sadly, these banks are still dispensing old notes to us and they are not collecting the old notes by hand any longer. It’s just frustrating.”
A CBN official in Akure told Daily Trust that the apex bank would soon issue a statement directing the banks to start collecting the old notes from the customers.
