Salejo Aliyu
For the second day running, protesters led by the Coalition of Civil Society Organizations Against Banks’ Fraudulent Practices and Customers Victimization, on Thursday, picketed the Sterling bank, Muhammadu Buhari Way, Central Business District, Abuja.
The protesters had on Wednesday, October 8, stormed the bank’s office, to present a letter but was rebuffed by officials of the bank.
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The protesters stayed at the frontage of the bank for three hours before dispersing, but they promised to resume their protest on Thursday.
They kept their promise as they arrived the Sterling Bank office by 10 am, in 14 Coaster buses that brought them from all around the Federal Capital Territory.
Recall that the group had on Wednesday 8th October marched to the Central Bank of Nigeria, where they submitted a petition against Sterling Bank to CBN officials.
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The MIDEN SYSTEMS LTD and the Sterling Bank Plc disagree over a loan the bank granted MIDEN SYSTEMS provided the lightening rod for this protest which shook some parts of Abuja for two consecutive days, drawing crowds of passers by to it, as people narrated their own bitter experiences.
A passer-by who do not want his name mentioned expressed dissatisfaction with the sterling bank services.
According to the organizers, they are particular about Sterling bank’s altercation with the MIDEN SYSTEMS.
The firm is claiming that Sterling had failed to provide its bank transaction records to it.
The two-day protest was remarkably orderly as Police escorted the protesters and ensured there was no disturbance.