By Our Reporter
This is the sad story of how an accouny holder allegedly slumped and died in front of a branch of the First City Monument Bank at Ikwerre Road, Mile 1, Rivers State on Tuesday.
The man’s death, according, to a Twitter user, Dokubo, Kenneth Promise #EndSARS, who posted it on his Twitter handle @dokubo_kenneth, was due to frustration resulting from hostile treatment meted out on him by the customer service officials of the bank.
According to the report, the man (whose name was withheld) tried to withdraw money albeit unsuccessful as the bank asked him to do an affidavit in order to have access to his money.
Dokubo further said the victim went with his next of kin to the bank as judicial workers had been on strike, jeopardizing any process of swearing an affidavit.
“Man dies at @MyFCMB in Port Harcourt due to frustration and unfriendly treatment by the customer service attendants of a bank,” Dokubo tweeted.
An eyewitness at the scene of the incident disclosed that “A man who hails from Asari-Toru Local Government Area of Rivers State, a customer of (first city monument Bank) FCMB died in front of the bank.
— Dokubo, Kenneth Promise #EndSARS (@dokubo_kenneth) April 27, 2021
The man was said to have been vomiting and begging having been in the queue for five hours before he collapsed and died.
“He was refused access to his own money since Friday even when he came with his next of kin. He was asked to go to the court to get an affidavit knowing the court is not in session.
“Narrating the event, she added, ‘The man was vomiting and at the same time begging for him to have access to his own money yet he was denied. After he was left unattended to for more than 5 hours, he just died now a few minutes ago at FCMB, Education Bus Stop, Ikwerre Road, Mile 1, she said,’” Dokubo reported on Twitter.
Efforts to make a staff of the corporate communications department of FCMB react to the the development met a brick wall as he was yet to respond to our inquiry as at the time of filling this report.
