Force Spokesman Olumuyiwa Adejobi said this in a video posted on the NPF’s Facebook page Friday.
FRSC unit commander in Ore said it was difficult to control traffic on the axis, urging motorists to use alternative routes.
Mr Abiodun was at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Abeokuta, where the man was being treated.
A bag of maize sells for about N19,000 in most markets now, against the old price of N24,000.
The CBN on Saturday met with officials of banks in Gombe as a measure against violation of its guidelines.
“Parents with kids in public schools give money daily to their children for lunch, most commerce is informal, so you need cash for most things,” he said.
Cash-strapped, many Awka residents have become stranded.
The CBN governor, Godwin Emefiele, said the new date extension was with the approval of President Muhammadu Buhari.
Some banks were said to be disbursing the N100 and N50 notes to customers willing to accept them.
“The CBN has massively supplied the new notes to commercial banks to dispense both at counters and ATMs.”
