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Man Reportedly Slumps, Dies In Port Harcourt Bank
- …the deceased was refused access to his money since Friday even after producing his next of kin as required by the bank.
A man has reportedly slumped and died at a First City Monument Bank in Port Harcourt due to what eyewitnesses describe as “frustration and unfriendly treatment by the customer service officers of the bank.”
The bank customer, who hails from Asari-Toru Local Government Area of Rivers State, breathed his last in front of the bank premises on Tuesday.
It was alleged that the deceased was refused access to his money since Friday even after producing his next of kin as required by the bank.
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“He was asked to go to the court to get an affidavit knowing the court is not in session.
” The man was vomitting and at the same time begging for him to have access to his own money yet he was denied. Having been left unattended to for more than 5 hours, he just died now few minutes ago at FCMB Education bus stop Ikwerre road, Mile 1,” an eyewitness said.
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The news has since generated reactions from social media users:
@SaintGeraldz: We are just fucking doomed in this country everywhere is just turning upside down😫
Everybody is just doing anyhow😪
Is it a crime to become a Nigerian?
RIP, God bless the dead😭
@Hargbo1: Stupid fucking banks in Nigeria, someone should start suing this people @MyFCMB I have been trying to obtain an ATM card from @gtbank for a while now up to no avail
@KStressacchi: Shame on those useless bastards and they will be bragging that they are the “premier financial institution of African origin “……if dem no break-up marriages, na to deny person access to his money. Make the family sue them!
@irahmah2u: That bank should be razed immediately
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