…Normalcy Returns In Some Areas
..As Crisis Hit Rivers
Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital, is in distress as protest erupts in the early hours of Friday over the Naira notes scarcity.
The development comes a day after President Muhammadu Buhari announced that the old N500 and N1000 notes longer remain legal tender.
Reacting to a Twitter user, the spokesman of the Lagos police command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, said it is true that there has been unrest in Ketu/Mile 12.
“It is true. Our men are there. Reinforcement units have been deployed. Stay safe out there as we closely monitor and manage the situation,” he said.
Meanwhile, normalcy has been restored in the Mile 12 area of Lagos State following an early Friday unrest over the naira crunch.
Gunshots were reportedly heard in the area with many scampering for safety, according to footage on social media.
Some suspected louts in the area – Mile 12, Ojota, and Ketu – took over the Lagos-Ikorodu Expressway, attacking some commuters in the process.
But the Lagos State Police Command spokesman Benjamin Hundeyin said normalcy has been restored following the incident.
However, some residents of Rivers State on Friday took to the streets of Port Harcourt, the state capital to protest the Federal Government’s monetary policy and the scarcity of the naira notes.
The epicentre was the popular and busy Mile three market along Ikwerre road in Port Harcourt City Loca Government Area.
The protest, however, turned violent a few minutes later, as hoodlums who are always available in the market area seized the opportunity to forcefully dispossess people of their property.
Shops were also burgled and the windshields of cars along the streets were smashed.
