Workers of the Ibadan Electricity Distribution
Company say they have become fearful in their office after some soldiers
attached to the 35 Artillery Brigade, Alamala Barracks, Abeokuta, Ogun State,
allegedly beat up one of them over “poor power” supply.
They told our correspondent that the soldiers,
numbering about six and led by one Major Musa, stormed the IBEDC substation –
Olumo business hub, Rounder – on March 6 and met one of them, Salau Adekunle,
on duty.
They were said to have descended on Adekunle, the
substation’s distribution officer, with horse whips.
Our correspondent learnt that presently on the
average, the barracks and environs got five hours supply daily, which falls
short of the soldiers’ expectation.
The victim, whose back bore effects of the flogging,
said he ended up in a hospital because of the beating.
He said, “I was on duty on that day around 12pm
when the soldiers came into our office with horse whips. They told me to get up
and without explanation, they started beating me. I had to go to the hospital
for treatment. I informed our head office and it promised to do something about
it.
“They had come earlier then to threaten us. We
reported at our head office and the head of the barracks was petitioned. They
complained that they did not get supply regularly, but it is not our fault.
They said they would be the ones to determine the number of hours they want
power. We told them it was not possible, but they didn’t want to listen.”
He said the unit officials had received threats from
the barracks authorities, making them to be afraid whenever they were on duty.
He stated that the barracks had power for between eight to 15 hours everyday
until recently when power generation dropped nationwide.
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