The Imo State Government has ordered the closure of all the banks on Bank Road in Owerri, the state capital leaving hundreds of bank customers stranded on Tuesday, 7 September.
According to Punch, officials of the state government shut the banks as of 9 am as hundreds of banks customers waited endlessly at various banks.
Some of the affected banks that were sealed by the state government were Access, Polaris, First Bank, Eco Bank, and United Bank for Africa.
It was reported that customized ribbons were used by the state government officials in sealing the various banks as early as 7 am.
Some of the staff of the banks disclosed that the operatives of Owerri Capital Development Authority sealed the banks.
It was reported that the banks sealed were those that failed to open on Monday, a day states in South East sit-at-home in protest of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra who is being tried at the Federal High court in Abuja by the Federal Government.
However, some government officials said that the banks were sealed because of building approval plans.
Both the state commissioner for Information and strategy, Declan Emelumba, and the General Manager of OCDA Innocent Ikapmezie, are yet to address the situation.