Some commercial banks and filling stations have stopped collecting the old naira notes from customers, contrary to the ruling of the Supreme Court restraining the Federal Government from enforcing the February 10 time limit earlier fixed by the apex bank for the currency swap.Newsmen yesterday said banks have refused to accept the old naira bank notes from depositors and P.O.S agents who flooded the bank to lodge their cash.The P.O.S operators and other bank customers, whose old naira notes were rejected, panicked as bank officials, who said they were acting on the Central Bank of Nigeria’s directive, remained adamant.As the naira crisis worsened, the CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, again met with the President, at the Presidential Villa yessterday.Emefiele, who had met with the President about six times since the naira crisis started, failed to address correspondents as he reportedly left the villa through a side entrance.A seven-member panel of the apex court, led by Justice John Okoro directed that the deadline be suspended till tomorrow when the proceedings would continue even as other states had applied to join the suit.
