Soldiers, Others Flee As Ogun Community Impounds IBEDC Vehicles Over Electricity Disconnection

Residents of the Ilupeju area of Isokan community at Iyana Cele in the Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State have seized two operational vehicles of the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company for disconnecting the entire town from power supply

Soldiers and men of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps as well as officials of the DISCO were said to have fled the community as the youth impounded two of the three vehicles brought there after the disconnection.

The people in the community were said to have vowed not to released the vehicles unless their electricity supply was reconnected.

Members of the community were said to have gathered for a meeting on how to resolve power problem there. But as the meeting was going on, the IBEDC officials, six soldiers and four members of the NSCDC reportedly arrived in three vehicles and went straight to disconnect the electricity supply to the community.

This was said to have angered the youths who rushed to where the iBEDC officials were.

The community was said to have experienced power outage before the incident. There were claims that some parts of the community had not enjoyed electricity supply at all for many weeks.

Some members of the community claimed that the DISCO collected N2m from a manufacturing company and had been diverting electricity supply meant for the community to the company.

They also claimed that
some prominent members of their community were given generators by the electricity company and some money so that they would not speak against them.

It was gathered that the police had deployed their men to the community but the youths in the community said they would not release the vehicles unless they were reconnected for power supply.

The Police Public Relations Officer in Ogun State, Mr Abimbola Opeyemi, said the police were not aware of the incident.