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UGHELLI D E C E N D A N T Union , UDU, has drawn battle line with Benin Electricity Distribution Company, BEDC, operating in Ughelli, Delta State, that failure to provide each and every houses in the kingdom prepaid metres will result to eviction and risk the quit notice of 3 months ultimatum to leave the kingdom.
BEDC have been asked to packed their belongings from Ughelli Kingdom because of illegal extortions of Light bills without power … The kingdom have been experiencing power outage for the past two months.
According to UDU, that Transcop Power company has enough of gas but BEDC refused to buy gas to generate light for the use of the people and yet they go about giving people estimated Billings without light.
They were asked to “leave the area or, in the alternative, fix the prepaid metres within the speculated time given or face the wrought of the people .
In separate letters to the BEDC by the Ughelli Kingdom, among other exco members, the community alleged that BEDC have “Failed to give the entire Kingdom light, we are in total darkness.
Ughelli residents also condemned BEDC act of extorting monies from them without seeing the light they pay for.
The people insisted that the BEDC have failed to fulfil their corporate and social responsibility to them, “particularly in the area of power, our business are closed, because the generator we do used cannot carry our deep freezers , ” a frozen chicken seller lament her ordeals.
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“The ultimatum which is deemed to have begun on today will lapse on August 25th If by that day they don’t move out and don’t fix the prepaid metres we shall mobilize everyone in the community, including the youths and our eghweya (women group) and protest to their premises and shut them down.
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