FOUR DIE, BANKS VANDALISED IN EDO PROTEST OVER CASH SWAP

Four protesters reportedly died today when violence erupted in Benin and its environs in Edo State over cash swap policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).

Those killed were among the teeming customers of commercial banks who attempted to deposit their old naira notes at the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN’s) branch on

Akpakpava Road, Benin.

Two of the deceased were young men and women hit by direct gunshots from policemen in front of the CBN’s branch by the popular Ring Road.

The policemen also fired tear gas canisters, to disperse the surging crowd of protesters.

One of the protesters, who declined to give his name, disclosed to Correspondents in front of CBN, that he saw the bodies of the four victims with three of them hurriedly evacuated by policemen