Some staff of one of the new generation bank were captured live jumping over the fence of their bank in a desperate attempt to flee from angry customers that besieged their banks for money.
This comes as millions of Nigerians are facing challenges in assessing their money following the new but unpopular policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) that put a serious strain on Nigerians.
As expected, Nigerians took to the social media and reacted to the trending video with many castigating the out-going administration of President Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government
Some bank officials were captured in the trending video fleeing their workplace through the fence as customers surround the banking premises insisting on getting money that was not available.
In spite of the difficulty in getting cash, CBN insisted on the February 10 deadline for the currency swap which further exacerbated the difficulties and untold hardship the unpopular CBN policy brought to bear on millions of Nigerians.
Some of the staff were captured scaling the fence were those of the Zenith Bank who had to flee to save their lives from possible attacks of the angry customers that forced their way through the gates of the bank just as one of the staff was heard making calls, asking if the police had arrived.
Already, the trending video has stirred diverse reactions from Nigerians on social media.
Diamond Ejiofor: “The worst moment for innocent Nigerians since the end of Nigerian civil war. Shame to our leaders.” Chibuike Obed Nwaneri: “If APC retains power then there is something fundamentally wrong with us.”
Olusegun Olufowobi: “The world is looking at us! The foreign government and international financial institutions are wondering how our government allowed this change of currency and its policy to bring chaos to the economy, the people and the society at large. How will foreign investors be attracted? How will indigenes invest in his/her country? Alasela Kehinde: “I thought some people are supporting the policy saying they’re targeting politicians, how many politicians have they seen at the queue or at the ATM or begging for new notes? It’s only the ordinary citizens who will suffer from this. Emefiele should stop this evil policy or they push him out of the office.”
Adegoke Baiyere: “How did we offend Buhari and APC to unleash this wickedness on us? These are innocent Nigerians.”
Chukwuebuka Azodo: “The way people blame banks in this cash shortage is alarming. The question is, what do banks gain from hoarding money? Definitely nothing.You expect banks to load ATMs with money from where? See how the government turned the masses against banks with their ill-thought videos of ICPC abi EFCC invading the vaults of the banks.
Engr Richard Diala: “This country can never be good again. What a wicked life our leaders are putting us into.”
Jessica Ibrahim: “This is disheartening as Zenith Bank always don’t have cash at ATM and no network on mobile banking. What a pity? “Only the innocent masses are suffering for a poor policy, where did we get it wrong? How did we arrive here? May God help us in this country”.
…Sourced from Leadership Newspaper
