THE GOVERNOR OF IMO STATE, HOPE UZODINMA SHUTS DOWN UBA, ACCESS, FIRST BANK, OTHERS FOR OBEYING SIT-AT-HOME

Hundreds of bank customers were left stranded on Tuesday as the officials of the Imo State Government shut all the banks on Bank Road in Owerri, the state capital, IgbereTV has learned. According to The Punch, hundreds of banks customers were waiting at various banks.

The PUNCH gathered that the banks sealed were those that failed to open on Monday, a day states in South East sit-at-home in protest of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous people of Biafra who is being tried at the Federal High court in Abuja by the Federal Government.

However, some government officials said that the banks were sealed because of building approval plans.

Both the state commissioner for Information and strategy, Declan Emelumba, and the General Manager of OCDA Innocent Ikapmezie, did not respond to multiple calls put to their telephones by our correspondent.