Hundreds of bank customers were left stranded on Tuesday as the officials of the Imo State Government shut all the banks on Bank Road in Owerri, the state capital.

Our correspondent who visited the area around 9am saw hundreds of banks customers waiting at various banks.

Some of the banks that were sealed by the state government were Access, Polaris, First Bank, Eco Bank, and United Bank for Africa.

Our correspondent saw customised ribbons the state government officials used in sealing the various banks as early as 7 am.

Some of the staff of the banks told our correspondent that the operatives of Owerri Capital Development Authority sealed the banks.

The PUNCH gathered that the banks sealed were those that failed to open on Monday, a day states in South East sit-at-home in protest of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra who is being tried at the Federal High court in Abuja by the Federal Government.

However, some government officials said that the banks were sealed because of building approval plans.

Both the state commissioner for Information and strategy, Declan Emelumba, and the General Manager of OCDA Innocent Ikapmezie, did not respond to multiple calls put to their telephones by our correspondent.

They had neither return the calls nor reply to text messages as of the time of filing this report.

Fahdiga:
The Supreme Court administrator of Imo state should stop overreaching himself simply because the terrorist Fulani led federal government is backing him to further destroy Imo state. He won't last on that seat forever

FreeStuffsNG:
I remember those days the Punch newspaper writes in a very professional and investigative manner.
See how twisted, watery and shallow the report is- almost like a gossip bloggers post. Smh.
That's what bigotry and hatred cause. They left their core signature investigative journalism to dabble into religious and tribal politics because the current President is not from their tribe and religion.
Ordinary Owerri here, The Punch can't send correspondents to find the diverse reasons some folks stayed at home despite the same group insisting that it has called it off and why only few banks closed, who are those bank managers and why did their competitors open yet they closed and did Punch request to see the order?
Punch needs to redeem itself and if the current managers can't do it, please replace them.

Fahdiga:
The Supreme Court administrator of Imo state should stop overreaching himself simply because the terrorist Fulani led federal government is backing him to further destroy Imo state. He won't last on that seat forever

AntiBMC:
Less than two years from now that gov seat will be taken away from him. So he should enjoy it while he can.

ThatFairGuy1:
Igbos are leeche to The Southern region, maybe you don't know