Three unidentified persons were shot dead following a protest in Benin City, the Edo State capital over the unavailability of the redesigned naira notes.
The three bodies were lying lifeless at various locations where the protesters had staged their acts to express their dissatisfaction over the Central Bank Policy, especially with regards to the non-willingness of the apex bank to shift the goal post on the deadline of the naira swap.
The protesters claimed they had endured hardship when they gathered around the CBN office at Akpakpava Ring road to seek an end to their suffering
Gunshots reigned in the air as joint security operatives tried to wade off the protesters during the fiasco.
Relics of some of the Bank’s Automated Teller Machines, ATMs, and Point of Sales Machines littered the grounds when our correspondent visited the scene.