Following an epileptic power supply in the Southeast region, the Indigenous People of Biafra has threatened to shut down the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company.

The group called on the Chairman of the Enugu DisCo, Emeka Offor, and its management to “stop defrauding” the people, adding that residents had been compelled to pay “illegal estimated bills” which run into hundreds of thousands of naira.

As contained in a statement issued on Saturday by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful; IPOB said it is “calling for steady lights in the region by EEDC. If they continue with the abysmal light supply in the South East, IPOB will have no option but to shut down EEDC offices in the South East in the shortest possible time.”

The statement read partly, “Following the abysmal electricity experienced in the South East, we call on EEDC to provide adequate electricity in the area or exit the region for reliable companies to take over.

“EEDC is defrauding her consumers with exorbitant electricity bills without supplying the power. The company has refused to give its consumers prepaid electricity meters but keeps giving illegal estimated bills. In many communities in the Southeast, EEDC gives community bills running in the hundreds of thousands of naira. Whether the light was provided or not, any village that didn’t pay the illegal estimated bills will have the irregular light supply disconnected.

“Communities buy their power transformers and electricity cables. At the same time, they pay the corrupt EEDC company to link power to the community. Afterwards, EEDC will bill the same village for the same power supply.”

The group alleged that the EEDC had failed to either restore or return some faulty transformers in some communities after they were dismantled, lamenting that such would inhibit business and industrial activities in the region.

The statement added, “EEDC dismantled some communities’ faulty transformers for repairs and maintenance but failed to return them for years. Some 10 years and some five years. To date, those transformers have not been restored nor seen.

“EEDC’s cup is full and we are going to show them that people are owners of the region and they are reaping Ndigbo off with abysmal power supply and exorbitant bills.

“The abysmal and unavailable power supply from EEDC will frustrate economic activities and industrialisation of Biafra Land. EEDC, therefore, must be kicked out.”

The pro-Biafran group partly tied the DisCo’s “over N12 billion” debt owed to the Transmissions Company of Nigeria to the epileptic distribution of adequate electricity in the region.

“EEDC’s indebtedness to the Transmissions Company of Nigeria (TCN) to over N12 billion, led to TCN restricting EEDC from using some of their facilities in Enugu. As it stands, EEDC is struggling with corporate integrity issues and liquidity to run its operations.

“The pertinent question to ask is, “Does EEDC have the capacity to distribute adequate electricity to the Southeast with her grossly insufficient budget?

“It is obvious that EEDC is fully aware of her limited capacity to deliver steady power yet they keep going around the Southeast defrauding and extorting the Governors and citizens in the name of power supply. The Federal Government has deregulated the power sector. Monopoly in the power sector is over,” [/b]the statement noted.

[b]-MoU between Anambra State and EEDC-

The pro-Biafran group called on the Anambra State Governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, to make public the details and terms of the Memorandum of Understanding signed between the state government and the EEDC, on March 25, 2023.

The group claimed that the contract, worth “over N100bn” was paid to EEDC to “supply 24 hours light in Anambra State.”

Source: https://punchng.com/Southeast-IPOB-threatens-to-shut-down-Enugu-DisCo-over-poor-power-supply

Ekwensu

The Amadioha worshippers has arrived

helinues:


Ekwensu

IPOB is very angry with extortionist agencies that collect money from citizens without delivering on their said obligations.

This is what a pressure group should be doing and also guarding the forest against YORUBA Fulani Masters.


How can Sunday IGBOHO be alive and in NIGERIA and Yoruba elders signed agreement with Fulani Herdsmen to openly graze in the SW State of OYO?

Wetin dey sup sef?

Anyway RONU...

Everybody is looking for sensible statements from...

Disappointed as usual...

Failure

helinues:


Ekwensu

Mteeeew as if IPOB terrorists are use to power supply in the first place

People that cannot be differentiated from bandits have opinions

yarimo:
Mteeeew as if IPOB terrorists are use to power supply in the first place

Tik says the clock. What you have to do, do quick.

COMRADES ,this is the kind of ipob that we want

Rantingpiglets:
IPOB is very angry with extortionist agencies that collect money from citizens without delivering on their said obligations.

This is what a pressure group should be doing and also guarding the forest against YORUBA Fulani Masters.


How can Sunday IGBOHO be alive and in NIGERIA and Yoruba elders signed agreement with Fulani Herdsmen to openly graze in the SW State of OYO?

Wetin dey sup sef?

Anyway RONU...

You can make a point without making it about Yoruba. There's no connection between the topic and Yoruba people whatsoever.

Emeka Offor is a con man.
They should hand over EEDC to Bat Nnaji to manage for us.

Rantingpiglets:
Everybody is looking for sensible statements from...

Disappointed as usual...

Failure

Says rantingpiglets

This shut down mentality, what happens to investing in renewable,like solar , wind etc via startups

What alternatives to disco is IPOB offering? After shutting down Discos and plunging everyone into darkness what next apart from unbridled emotions.

IPOB and Emma Powerless with his basketmouth.
Many towns in southeast have not recovered from the monday sit at home they started. They are now threatening EEDC. When EEDC offices is attacked, IPOB will start issuing disclaimer that they didn't threaten EEDC.

Na ezuzu nu, ndi egbuwara isi!

These are the kind of things ipob should look into and not killing off their brothers over nothing

Na the same set of people dey comment on all threads, helinues,yarimo hmmm

adenigga:



Following an epileptic power supply in the Southeast region, the Indigenous People of Biafra has threatened to shut down the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company.

The group called on the Chairman of the Enugu DisCo, Emeka Offor, and its management to “stop defrauding” the people, adding that residents had been compelled to pay “illegal estimated bills” which run into hundreds of thousands of naira.

As contained in a statement issued on Saturday by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful; IPOB said it is “calling for steady lights in the region by EEDC. If they continue with the abysmal light supply in the South East, IPOB will have no option but to shut down EEDC offices in the South East in the shortest possible time.”

The statement read partly, “Following the abysmal electricity experienced in the South East, we call on EEDC to provide adequate electricity in the area or exit the region for reliable companies to take over.

“EEDC is defrauding her consumers with exorbitant electricity bills without supplying the power. The company has refused to give its consumers prepaid electricity meters but keeps giving illegal estimated bills. In many communities in the Southeast, EEDC gives community bills running in the hundreds of thousands of naira. Whether the light was provided or not, any village that didn’t pay the illegal estimated bills will have the irregular light supply disconnected.

“Communities buy their power transformers and electricity cables. At the same time, they pay the corrupt EEDC company to link power to the community. Afterwards, EEDC will bill the same village for the same power supply.”

The group alleged that the EEDC had failed to either restore or return some faulty transformers in some communities after they were dismantled, lamenting that such would inhibit business and industrial activities in the region.

The statement added, “EEDC dismantled some communities’ faulty transformers for repairs and maintenance but failed to return them for years. Some 10 years and some five years. To date, those transformers have not been restored nor seen.

“EEDC’s cup is full and we are going to show them that people are owners of the region and they are reaping Ndigbo off with abysmal power supply and exorbitant bills.

“The abysmal and unavailable power supply from EEDC will frustrate economic activities and industrialisation of Biafra Land. EEDC, therefore, must be kicked out.”

The pro-Biafran group partly tied the DisCo’s “over N12 billion” debt owed to the Transmissions Company of Nigeria to the epileptic distribution of adequate electricity in the region.

“EEDC’s indebtedness to the Transmissions Company of Nigeria (TCN) to over N12 billion, led to TCN restricting EEDC from using some of their facilities in Enugu. As it stands, EEDC is struggling with corporate integrity issues and liquidity to run its operations.

“The pertinent question to ask is, “Does EEDC have the capacity to distribute adequate electricity to the Southeast with her grossly insufficient budget?

“It is obvious that EEDC is fully aware of her limited capacity to deliver steady power yet they keep going around the Southeast defrauding and extorting the Governors and citizens in the name of power supply. The Federal Government has deregulated the power sector. Monopoly in the power sector is over,” [/b]the statement noted.

[b]-MoU between Anambra State and EEDC-

The pro-Biafran group called on the Anambra State Governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, to make public the details and terms of the Memorandum of Understanding signed between the state government and the EEDC, on March 25, 2023.

The group claimed that the contract, worth “over N100bn” was paid to EEDC to “supply 24 hours light in Anambra State.”

Source: https://punchng.com/Southeast-IPOB-threatens-to-shut-down-Enugu-DisCo-over-poor-power-supply

Action without thinking and weighing the repercussion.

Na una go suffer the darkness.

We Aba residents thank God for successfully rescuing us from the hands of EEDC.

Up Geometric Power!

I wish EEDC will be handed to Prof. Bart Nnaji to run so that other SE cities will enjoy what Aba is enjoying.

These people's mindset is so warped that what they think always is negativity, death, murder and destruction.

You will never read a news of where IPOB are engaging in community development service or donation to build a school or to better their environment.

Keep up with your evil doings; shut down businesses every Mondays and put everybody on House Arrest. Destroy goverent facilities, tag your tribesmen saboteur and get them murdered: that way, you are attracting investors to your region.

By the time you chase the rich and bright Igbos away from that region, you will have to manage with the few remaining and start crying marginization later.

IPOB own no dey pass shut down and lock down.

Owu ta ka anyi nubara akuko ndi awusa na uta?

In as much as EEDC in the southeast is defrauding the southeast pple...I strongly disagree with anything ipob approach. Their approach is always with violence and destruction without profferING any reasonable solutions. When u shut down and attack EEDC offices what then will happen...much adọ about a usêless grp that's always thinking about violence and destruction than development.

The east has been peaceful for some time now..Emma powerful or whatever he's called should continue hibernating alongside ekpa. The east do not need their wahala. They've caused enough destruction already

Ekwensu

yarimo:
Mteeeew as if IPOB terrorists are use to power supply in the first place

people who live in the bush. IPOB my foot 🖕

SoNature:

You can make a point without making it about Yoruba. There's no connection between the topic and Yoruba people whatsoever.

oga let him talk, after All he has more 7years to do so

EEDC isn't defrauding anyone.

Right now, according to NERC, Nigerians should be paying 184 per kWh at least. At least. For light supply to improve

Instead 80% of us are paying 50-70 naira .

When EEDC is losing ,like all the other discos, 110-130 naira per kWh( except for band A customers), una expect 24 hour light?. If most of your customers are paying you below the cost of producing the goods you sell, can you make a profit and provide good service?

People will now come and call me apc supporter and tinubu defender. Forgetting that what I have outlined is common business sense.

Or dem go say I don't know economics or something.

The thing is, whether Nigeria or biafra, if your electricity company cannot make a profit, it cannot give you good service. Abuse me,call me names , shout agbado, it still remains that if most of the customers are not paying the kind of tarrif that would make a profit, there can't be light.

But most Nigerians and ipob are in denial. Even apc supporters are in denial.



Anyway, nothing like cheap power. E cost moni.

IPOB has no mandate to do any such thing until they organise into a legally recognized organisation or political party. Until then then would simply be rightly seen as a prohibited terrorist organisation.

Secondly how does a terrorist organisation shutdown a DisCo? Through terrorism, killings, bombings, arson and murder.

Finally how exactly can you believe that terrorism, killings and bombs would make the DisCo improve electricity supply?

Adaisback:
These are the kind of things ipob should look into and not killing off their brothers over nothing

Wetin concern ipob with Disco.
I can confirm they're hardcore rap fanatics
Stop spreading misinformation please

helinues:


Ekwensu

They are still very far from mighty God in this 21th century.

Ehen!

These DISCOS have to improve.

Nice one from the pressure group.