At least four protesters were reported dead on Wednesday 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, told our reporter in front of CBN, that he saw the bodies of the four victims with three of them hurriedly evacuated by policemen