Uzodinma seals UBA, Access, First Bank, others for obeying IPOB Sit-at-Home order

Gov Uzodimma of Imo State has sealed UBA, Access, First Bank, others for obeying IPOB Sit-at-Home order.
It was learnt that many bank customers were left stranded on Tuesday as the officials of the Imo State Government shut all the banks on Bank Road in Owerri.
Our correspondent, who visited the area around 9 am observed hundreds of banks customers waiting at various banks.
Some of the banks that were sealed by the state government include Access, Polaris, First Bank, Eco Bank, and United Bank for Africa.
Customised ribbons were seen with the state government officials used in sealing the various banks as early as 7 am.
Some workers of the banks said that the operatives of the 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 made to their telephones by our correspondent.
They neither return the calls nor reply to text messages as of the time of filing this report.