Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital, is in distress as protest erupts in the early hours of Friday, February 17, over the Naira notes scarcity. The development comes a day after President Muhammadu Buhari announced that the old N500 and N1000 notes longer remain legal tender.

Riots over the lingering new naira policy and fuel scarcity have spread to Ogun communities, according to The Punch. It was gathered that the protesters barricaded the Mowe end of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway and turned back motorists and travellers. The protesters resisted police intervention and threatened to set the police station in the area ablaze.

SOURCE-LEGIT