By Edith Igbokwe
The residents of the Ogunoloko community in the Mafoluku area of Oshodi under Makinde lI Substation have given Kiera Electric (IE) seven days ultimatum to supply regular electric power with justifiable billings otherwise, the community should be disconnected from the grid.
The four affected streets which are under the aegis of Ogunoloko Community Development Association (CDA) include Ogunoloko, Okanlawon Bello, Makinde and Taiwo Streets which consists of 50 buildings that have been suffering from epileptic load shedding system of power supply for about four months since March 9, 2021.
They said they had embarked on a peaceful demonstration to get their issue attended to by the company but the effort yielded no success.
According to the CDA Chairman, Mr John Oladipupo, the association had submitted series of letters to Okota and Ajao undertaken offices before resorting to peaceful demonstration.
He complained that the customers in the community are over-billed, saying, for instance, a customer who used 893 units of electricity at N28.47k per unit in March was given N41,000 instead of N25,423.71k.
Oladipupo said the consumers are forced to pay for the service they do not enjoy, stating that the affected community members requested for adjustment in the bill and constant electricity supply or be disconnected from supply to avoid being given bills for the energy not consumed.
Meanwhile, officials of the electricity distribution company at the two undertaken offices said it is possible to meet the seven days ultimatum if materials are made available by the management, informing that they have requested the materials needed to work on Makinde lI Substation transformer.
