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“On February 14, 2023, I wrote to Ikeja Electric, raising the alarm over these crazy bills. After about a week, I got a call from one Mr Nathaniel of Ikeja Electric. After much questioning, he said he had referred my matter to Adiyan undertaking, but Ikeja Electric kept posting these outrageous bills to me,” he explained.
On April 17, 2023, Ogidi said Ikeja Electric sent an SMS to him, requesting him to visit their Olambe office, at No 50 Olambe Road, Ifo Ogun State, for Debt Dispute Resolution. “I went there on April, 2023. I explained all these situations to them, and after much interrogation, the unit manager apologised and told me that THEY REGISTERED ME UNDER A WRONG TRANSFORMER. Explaining that the Ikeja Electric official who handled my registration, registered and created an account for me under Olambe transformer instead of Adiyan transformer. They promised to resolve the mistake within three weeks through their mapping systems.
The aggrieved Ikeja Electric customer said this happened despite paying the N20, 000 fee requested by the company. According to him, On June 12, 2023, Ikeja Electric posted a bill of N64, 005.50 to him, putting his total amount due at N302,859.21.Ogidi said he became frustrated and decided to escalate the matter to NERC.Several calls and messages sent to an IE’s spokesperson, Ayeni Akinola, were not responded to as of press time.All rights reserved.
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