Residents of Orile Oko-Oba, in the Agege area of Lagos State, have decried the use of armed policemen by a power firm, Ikeja Electric, to enforce payment of electricity bills.
He said, “They sent my bill 30 minutes before they arrived and gave me N43,633 for only my apartment in a building of two apartments, meaning almost N90,000 for one house. This is what every house is facing in this community.
A civil servant, Olabode Oladeyi, said, “I came out when I heard people shouting outside. I saw armed men chasing our residents. It was a frightening sight. We didn’t fight with them. We were only shouting that they should not bring guns to harass us because they want to collect money.”She said, “If the company has consumers that have not paid their bills, there are two options. One, they can disconnect their power supply.
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