A bank customer has slumped and died after standing in a queue for long hours at a bank in Agbor, Delta State.
The yet-to-be-identified man died after waiting for hours to collect his Automated Teller Machine (ATM) card at the bank in Ika South Local Government Area, Delta State, Tribune reported.
When we theforesight.com.ng inquired from the state’s Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Bright Edafe, he confirmed the incident right away.
He said the man slumped while waiting to collect his new ATM card and has long be confirmed dead in the hospital.
DSP Edafe: “He slumped while waiting to get his new ATM card, and was confirmed dead in the hospital”
Meanwhile, theforesight.com.ng search through some banks in Lagos and discovered ATM were cashless and saw many bank customer in the state who would not leave the bank until money was paid.
Also, ThePUNCH reports that banking halls across various commercial banks in Lagos, Osun, Ekiti, and other parts of the country witnessed minimal activity as frustrated customers resorted to alternative means of cash withdrawal following the scarcity of naira notes (both new and even old) in the banks.
Other checks by our correspondents revealed that while most banking halls were empty due to paucity of funds in bank vaults, large crowds had formed outside some of the few banks that were rumoured to be preparing to load their Automated Teller Machines.