The certifications set forth below are hereby submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to, and solely for the purpose of complying with, Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States Code in connection with the filing on the date hereof with the Securities and Exchange Commission of the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Company for the quarter ended March 31, 2016.

Each of the undersigned hereby certifies in their capacity as an officer of Citizens Bancshares Corporation and subsidiary (the “Company”) that, to their knowledge on the date of this certification, the Quarterly Report of the Company on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2016 fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and that the information contained in such report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Company at the end of such period and the results of operations of the Company for such period.