By Dipo Olowookere
Some aggrieved customers descended on Managing Director of a bank in Enugu after facing several difficulties in withdrawing their money in the financial institution.
If not for the prompt intervention of the police, the bank boss would have been lynched by the angry customers, who were ready for a showdown.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the incident happened at about 5pm on Wednesday at the De-Dome Event Centre in New Haven, Enugu, where Mr Kingsley Ubenyi, who is the MD of Kesley Mega Micro-Finance Bank, tried to explain why the customers have not been able to withdraw their money in their savings accounts with the bank.
“The aggrieved customers maintained that they are customers of the micro-finance bank and that despite repeated efforts to withdraw their money in their savings accounts with the bank, no light was seen at the end of the tunnel.
“Not long after, a meeting between the customers and the managing director was convened at De Dome event centre, New Haven, Enugu, where the bank boss tried to explain the difficulties faced by his bank over the payment of customers’ money.
“This (the explanation) did not go down well with the aggrieved customers, who got violent and descended heavily on him before the intervention of the police operatives,” spokesman of the Police Command in Enugu, Mr Ebere Amaraizu, told NAN.
It was reported that the customer refused to listen to the explanations and descended on the bank boss, also allegedly damaging his car.
He is presently receiving treatment at a nearby hospital.
Adedapo Adesanya