Protesters storm CBN to swap old naira notes

Following the drought of cash and the February 10, 2023 deadline on old naira notes, Nigerians have stormed the Edo state Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), to express their displeasure on the rejection of naira swap by commercial banks across the country.

In a viral video circulating on Social media, Tuesday, a man was seen expressing his grievances on the current situation.

Many said they have so many of the old notes in their possession.

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Officials of the bank told the protesters to go to their respective Commercial banks to swap the notes.

But the protesters insisted they had been to their banks and were asked to return to the apex bank.

One of the protesters, Francis, said they were at the CBN at Alagbaka Akure because the commercial banks refused to collect the old notes from them.

Francis said he could not allow his money to become useless

Policemen were drafted to the scene and after some minutes, some CBN officials informed the protesters that the commercial banks had been contacted to begin the collection of old notes.