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Protests Rock Lagos Community Over EKEDC Estimated Billings
Residents of Ebute-Metta in Lagos State on Sunday protested against outrageous estimated billing system by the Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC).
The residents trooped out into Apapa Road and moved to Oyingbo, at about 4.00 p.m., to show their discontent with the billing by the company.
Led by Mr. Dapo Williams, Chairman, Ebute-Metta West A chapter of Eko Distribution Customer Forum, they alleged that the company was engaging in illegality within the axis.
Williams, also a committee member for the Defence of Human Rights said that EKEDC was obliged to give the residents a transparent billing.
“The electricity company has failed woefully in its obligations.
“EKEDC lacks transparency in its billing. All we are asking the service provider to do, is to be legitimate in dealing with their customers and be transparent in their billings.
“I have not used up to N4,000 since the prepaid metre was installed in my house in July 2021, yet EKEDC brings a N50,000 monthly bill to every household who does not have prepaid metres,” he fumed.
According to the chairman, the forum is striving to ensure that residents who do not have pre-paid meters, but receive outrageous bills at the end of the month get lower bills.
”The residents get the outrageous bills after EKEDC brings light for just four days in a month.
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“As human rights fighter, we are saying no to the arbitrary bills of Eko Disco. They always harass us.
”We had meetings with EKEDC on several occasions, wrote to the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission and even went to court but all to no avail.
“They are extorting us unlawfully. We want justice,” he said.
Williams added that the distribution company should plead with the residents and resolve issues amicably on the monthly amount that would be collected.
Mr. Hakeem Esulonso, a former councillor of Ward D, Lagos Island, said that the committee had a meeting with Mrs. Tinuade Sanda, Managing Director, EKEDC, on the issue but no resolution was reached.
“We are very resolute and sure that we will not relent until our needs and rights are met.
”The company wants to divide us by giving one part of Ebute-Metta light, while it has neglected and took away the cable of Ebute-Metta 1 for over two months.
“What we are agitating for is that if the company wants to give us light, it should be at least 10 hours a day and charge N1,000 per room, N2,000 for two rooms and N3,000 for three rooms,” he said.
Esulonso urged the distribution company to provide prepaid meters to its customers if their demands could not be met.
“If they say, why will Ebute-Metta locals not pay for the light which they just started giving last week? What about the huge money we have been paying and yet no light?,” Esulonso asked.
Mr. Thomas Babalola, Chairman, Ijero-Shonala Community Development Area, however, urged the residents to be steadfast in the struggle, saying, they were informed that the EKEDC managing director would meet with them next week.
Efforts to reach the EKEDC Public Relations Officer, Mr Godwin Idemudia, did not yield results as he did not pick calls put across to him.
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Troops rescue another Chibok girl with three children in Borno
Troops rescue another Chibok girl with three children in Borno
Lydia Simon, another abducted Chibok schoolgirl, was rescued by troops from Operation Desert Sanity III, part of the North-East Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK), on Wednesday.
She was rescued along with her three children by the troops of the 82 Division Task Force Battalion in Gwoza LGA of Borno State on Wednesday, April 17, 2024, exactly ten years after she was kidnapped by Boko Haram terrorists alongside over 200 schoolgirls from Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, on April 14, 2014.
Intelligence sources, according to Zagazola Makama, a Counter Insurgency Expert and Security Analyst in the Lake Chad region, revealed that Lydia, who was tagged serial number 68 among the abducted schoolgirls, escaped from the camp of Ali Ngulde in Mandara Mountain where she was held in captivity for several years.
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She surrendered to troops of 82 Division Task Force Battalion at Ngoshe in Gwoza LGA of the State. The rescued Chibok girl was five months pregnant and claimed she was from Pemi Town in Chibok LGA.
April 14, 2024, marks the 10th anniversary of the violent abduction of 276 girls from Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, by Boko Haram insurgents.
While 57 of the girls escaped from their captors in the following days, 16 were later rescued and 107 had at different times been released through negotiations.
The Federal and Borno State Governments, including the Nigerian Army, have pledged their commitment toward rescuing the rest of the abducted schoolgirls that were still held in captivity by the terrorists.
Troops rescue another Chibok girl with three children in Borno
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Pandemonium at Awka bus stop as cultists gun down revenue collector in Anambra
Pandemonium at Awka bus stop as cultists gun down revenue collector in Anambra
Gunmen believed to be affiliated with cult groups have fatally shot an individual at the bustling Aroma junction in Awka, the capital of Anambra State.
The incident, which occurred on Wednesday evening, sparked chaos, prompting traders in the vicinity to hastily shutter their shops and flee for safety.
The victim, identified as a resident of Amudo Village in Awka, was reportedly a tricycle revenue collector who had previously worked as a Keke operator himself. According to a source, the assailants trailed him from the Ifite area of the state capital and executed him at close range at a filling station, a popular bus stop for buses and tricycles.
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Following the shooting, businesses in the area swiftly closed down, while roadside vendors abandoned their wares and fled. The surrounding roads quickly emptied as individuals deserted their vehicles and sought refuge on foot.
As of the time of reporting, the victim’s lifeless body remained at the filling station. Awka has been grappling with a surge in cult-related violence, with gangs perpetrating killings of their rivals in broad daylight.
Pandemonium at Awka bus stop as cultists gun down revenue collector in Anambra
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Police nab man for allegedly killing his wife in Adamawa
Police nab man for allegedly killing his wife in Adamawa
The Adamawa State Police Command has arrested Riba Kwanta, a 40-year-old man from Bode in the state’s Shelleng Local Government Area, in connection with the alleged gruesome murder of his wife, Godiya Akwale.
Kwanta allegedly hacked his wife to death before locking her body inside their home and escaping to Ondo State.
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They had been married for more than three years.
SP Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje, the spokesman for the command, confirmed the arrest of the suspect to our newspaper.
He assured that Kwanta would be prosecuted after the conclusion of investigation.
Police nab man for allegedly killing his wife in Adamawa
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