Protest broke out in Benin, Edo state capital, on Wednesday, over the paucity of naira notes.
Some residents we gathered protested in Oluku, Upper Sakponba, and New Benin market.
A group of protesters also converged at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) office located at Akpakpava road, Ring Road axis, and blocked the road leading to the bank.
Security operatives at the CBN office were said to have shot tear gas canisters at the protesters to disperse them, resulting in violence.
Some protesters were said to have been killed after security operatives were mobilised to disperse the demonstrations, but Chidi Nwabuzor, Edo police spokesperson said that senior officers are on the field to get information on the incidents.
“Regarding the question you made if there was any death… I won’t want to feed you with information that is not fact. I would rather wait for senior officers who are currently in the field querying this riot and protecting the lives and property of the citizen to return so I will have first-class information,” he said.