For Olajide Ayorinde, a worker with the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company attached to the Imo unit in Abeokuta, Ogun State, he would not forget in a hurry Thursday, April 23; day residents of Is
ale Igbein/Grammar School area of Abeokuta attacked him for distributing electricity bills during lockdown.
The incident was disturbing as he was not only beaten, but also stabbed in the eye with a broken bottle by the irate residents. As many residents were indoors attending to their personal issues, Olajide emerged with bulky electricity bills and started distributing them to the dwellers, warning them of a looming disconnection if the bills weren’t paid early.
One of them, Mrs Olanike Adeyemi, said everybody was angry with the situation of things in the country which led to the beating of the IBEDC official. “That action annoyed the owner of the house annoyed and got him arrested. That guy has been a problem in our community. He has turned himself to a god. Government cannot lock us down at home and still not give us electricity.”He stated, “We are not disputing the fact that he is an IBEDC official. But those that came with him were not IBEDC workers. Everyone is angry and you can’t expect them to just give you money in this period like they used to do before.
She said, “For about five days before the incident, we did not have electricity. We just heard that some youths in the community fought with an IBEDC official distributing electricity bills.” “Some people started throwing stones, saying I should stop distributing the bills. I later kept the bills inside my pocket and made attempts to leave. There is no place in the area that I could hide. In the process, I called my boss to come to my rescue there. Fortunately, she came with a Hilux van. I was inside the vehicle when all of a sudden someone rushed to me with a bottle and stabbed me in my left eye.
Olajide noted, “If my eyes have gone now, will they be able to provide another one for me? It is a disgrace to my personality for the residents to make a scapegoat of me for distributing bills. I am glad that some people who were at the scene where I was injured could attest to what happened. If they weren’t there, some of my attackers would have said I fought them or I didn’t speak to them politely.
He added, “I want to see the outcome of the matter. I want to know if the firm is going to court or not. If nothing happens, I will take it up personally because the attack is a disgrace to my personality.
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