A former staff of the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company, EEDC, was arrested last week in Anambra State for bypassing and tampering with prepaid meters for customers. The Head of Corporate Communications, EEDC, Emeka Ezeh, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, in Enugu.
The suspect identified as Lawrence Okeke specializes in the replacement of original meter sensors with fake ones thereby bypassing the meters and making them not record the actual consumption by customers. This development has negatively impacted the revenue of the distribution company. Ezeh said that following a report by a whistle-blower, the Meter Monitoring Team of the company was deployed to some locations for a routine meter monitoring inspection.
“The apprehension of the suspect by the team is a great breakthrough in the organization’s fight against meter bypass and energy theft”, Ezeh said. “It is believed that by the time the investigation is concluded, a lot of atrocities already perpetrated by the likes of Lawrence in our network, will be unraveled.
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