Delta State Police operatives have arrested nine suspects linked to protest and burning of some banks property in Udu, Warri, Delta State.
In a statement on his official Twitter account, Delta State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Bright Edafe confirmed the development.
Expressing disappointment, the police spokesperson said, some people would wrongly consider the actions of the hoodlums as part of the protests.
Edafe said: “In UDU LGA of Delta State, some unguided youths/miscreants in the name of protest have set two banks and two vehicles ablaze. We have arrested nine suspects so far. Some persons will still call this protest.”
Recalled that some residents in Effurun and Udu, Delta State, reportedly took to the streets on February 15 to protest the scarcity of the new naira notes and rejection of the old ones by commercial banks and businesses.
Some protesters destroyed properties belonging to some commercial banks in the area.
The development which has stirred mixed reactions on social media, also saw the Delta State Police Command dispatching police officers to the scenes of the protests.