Community petitions Ikeja Electric over landlord’s refusal to pay bills for 5 years

By Isa Isawade

A group of electricity consumers in the Ijagemo community, Lagos State has petitioned Ikeja Electric (ie), Ijegun undertaking over a landlord, Mr Gani Oladipupo, who has allegedly lived in his house for more than five years without paying for the electricity he consumed.

According to the group, Oladipupo did not register with Ikeja Electric, let alone pay the electricity bill.

The group, represented by Pastor Amos Moyo Fabiyi, alleged that Oladipupo was fond of bribing staff of Ijegun undertaking not to disconnect his power supply.

“And whenever his supply is disconnected in his absence, being an electrician himself, he would reconnect illegally,” Fabiyi said.

He called on the authorities to reprimand Oladipupo and make him pay in full his debt to serve as a deterrent to other fraudulent electricity consumers.

In rural areas like Ijagemo, few consumers have metres and bills are calculated through a central billing system.

Therefore, registered consumers pay for those not registered.