Association of Senior Staff of Banks, Insurance and Financial Institutions, an umbrella body of banking sector workers, says banks lost N5 billion following attacks on their assets by protesters over naira notes’ scarcity.
ASSBIFI President, Oluwole Olusoji, disclosed this in Lagos on Thursday.
He claimed that so far, protesters had attacked 17 commercial banks across the country.
Oluwole said bank buildings were burnt and Automated Teller Machines destroyed while bank officials were also attacked.
“We call on the public to desist from threatening or attacking our members or destroying our properties as they will be only proverbially cutting their noses to spite their faces. We can only give what we have been provided with and nothing more,” ASSBIFI President said.
Recall that violent protests in Edo, Delta and other parts of the country have resulted in the loss of lives and destruction of properties.