The Delta State Police Command has arrested nine persons in connection with the burning of two banks in the Udu local government area of the state.
The Police Public Relations Officer of the State, DSP Bright Edafe in an interview said that two vehicles were burnt during the incident.
“In UDU LGA of Delta State, some unguided youths/miscreants in the name of protest have set two banks and two vehicles ablaze. We have arrested nine suspects so far, ” he said.
Eyewitness reports state that an angry mob protesting the nonavailability of cash in banks and the rejection of the old naira notes protested and set ablaze two vehicles around Express Junction and Ovwian area of Udu.
Security operatives have since been drafted to the area to quell the unrest.
