Akure Residents Protest Poor Power Supply, Storm BEDC Office

Aggrieved residents of Akure staged a protest at the headquarters of the Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) in Ondo State, over worsening power supply to their community.

The protesters, mostly from Alagbaka, Akure South Local Government Area, locked the entrance gate of the BEDC office, accusing officials of disconnecting their estate from its original power line.

They alleged that the area previously enjoyed about sixteen hours of electricity daily before the company diverted their supply to a new phase, to which they claimed to have sent several letters of complaint to BEDC offices in Benin and Lagos without any positive response.