Terrified by bill insincerity and rip-off, over five communities in Ido Local Government Area of Oyo State have jointly written the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) to take their communities off their grid.
In a letter entitled “Letter of Disengaging our Customer Relationship with IBEDC,” jointly signed by Engineer Rasak Fabayo, Ademuyiwa Oluwole and Alhaji Ajadi Oladeji, President, Secretary and Treasurer respectively of the Central committee of Ajibode, Apete, Awotan, Araromi, Akufo and environs Community development Association, the communities stressed that it would not allow any IBEDC staff within the communities to continue carrying out what it called “criminal act.”
The letter, which was copied to the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) Apete, Managers, IBEDC Apete and Ajibode stations, as well as Dugbe Business Manager of IBEDC, alleged that the electricity company gave a bill of N100,000 to a house that had not been connected to electricity.
The communities jointly rejected the ‘criminal’ act of issuing bills with a value well above N5,000 and N10, 000 in a month, when power supply is less than an hour most days of the month.
The Central Committee of Ajibode, Apete, Awotan, Araromi, Akufo and environs further lashed out at the management of IBEDC for lacking the capacity to manage both the staff and the product being sold to customers.
It maintained that despite being marginalised in power supply by IBEDC, the communities would no longer tolerate fraudulent actions of IBEDC staff in the communities, and would prefer the organization remove the communities off their grid.
The letter read: “With reference to series of letters written to your organization about our communities being marginalized, it is obvious by your organization’s body language and non-challant attitude that it is a deliberate act to rip-off our people. We have also seen that you lack the capacity to manage both the staff and the product your are selling.
“May we shock you a little: Your organization gave a bill of over N100,000 to a house that has not been electrified. Where is the place and position of integrity and value for humanity in the act of your staff in this issue?
“Therefore, in view of the above, all of us in the above communities are pleased to tell you that we are tired of your incompetence and insincerity. By this, we are no more interested in the service of your organization known as IBEDC. You are free to take us off your grid.
“As from now, we will not allow any of your staff within our communities to continue to carry out this criminal act.”
