Bauchi bombing: Fears as customers avoid First Bank branches nationwide

MD/CEO First Bank, Bisi Onasanya

This is definitely not the best of times for the Bisi Onasanya-led First Bank as panic stricken customers now avoid the once bank of choice like a plague following the bomb blast that killed 20 customers and injured over 100 at the Azare, Bauchi State branch of the financial institution in the morning of Friday, November 7.

The female suicide bomber, who carried out the deadly act, was said to have concealed the Improvised Explosive Device (IED), in her hijab. She later joined the embattled bank’s customers on a queue to make withdrawals from one of the ATMs before detonating the bomb.