The allocated new naira notes are to be disbursed to Katsina residents through agents.
A bank official, who preferred anonymity, said they were short of the new notes, adding that the bank was dispensing according to what they received from the CBN.
It was gathered that only few of the 21 council headquarters in Kebbi and their adjoining villages have a bank presence.
Hotel staff members had found the lifeless body of the middle-aged lady in one of the rooms in the early hours of Sunday.
“We may treat some of our recalcitrant policemen who are fond of taking innocent Nigerians to ATM, Banks or hidden arenas to forcefully extort them, with arms, as armed robbers.”
Mr Babalola said that many commercial banks across the country have turned their customers back for lack of funds.
Consequently, the Court of Appeal awarded Mr Jwan N500,000 as general damages against Ecobank for failure to pay its customer N10,000 through the bank’s ATM.
The criminals threatened to rape and kill the victim if she failed to cooperate with them.
The highway robbers were spotted at a bank by a victim they had earlier robbed in the day and alerted the police.
The EFCC said the suspects would be arraigned after investigations were concluded.
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