Business - August 2, 2019

First Bank reacts to assault video on one of its branches

Espinews August 2, 2019

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First Bank of Nigeria has reacted to a trending video of a customer being assaulted at one of its branches in Lagos.

The bank which described the incident as unfortunate said it is currently under investigation.

Issuing a statement through its verified Twitter handle, the bank revealed that it was aware of the existence of the video and was investigating it.

“Our attention has been drawn to a video posted online of an incident that happened at one of our branches. The bank is currently investigating this unfortunate incident and will take immediate steps to address both the reasons behind the episode and the fallouts.”

In the trending video, an alleged customer of the bank was beaten by some security operatives attached to the Osapa branch in Lekki, Lagos on Wednesday.