Damilare Adenola, the Director of Mobilisation of Take It Back Movement, a non-governmental organisation, has accused the Union Bank for Africa of blocking the organisation’s account, on the order of the Department of State Services (DSS).
Adenola said this on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics.
The protest campaign insisted that the scheduled August 1 protest in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), will hold at the iconic Eagles Square, despite the claim by the minister, Nyesom Wike, of having not received the letter of notice.
The protest against economic hardship, which is gaining traction on social media, has been slated to be held across the country, as well as the FCT..
Prices of food and basic commodities have gone through the roof in the last months, as Nigerians battle one of the country’s worst inflation rates and economic crises sparked by the government’s twin policies of petrol subsidy removal and unification of forex windows.
“The account of the TIB was arbitrarily blocked by UBA allegedly on the orders of the DSS,” he said, adding that the bank was yet to respond to queries of the group.
He said security agencies should take up the challenge and make themselves available at all protest venues in the country.
