AEDC officials badly injured during anti-electricity theft operation in Abuja Police quarters

Tension erupted astatine the Dawaki Police Quarters successful the Federal Capital Territory on Friday after officials of the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company Plc were attacked portion carrying retired an enforcement workout against suspected energy theft wrong the estate.

The incidental occurred during what sources described arsenic a associated cognition involving AEDC’s gross extortion unit and information operatives pursuing quality reports of wide energy metre bypass and different forms of amerciable energy connections successful the estate.

According to accusation made disposable to journalists, the enforcement squad had visited the property to disconnect amerciable connections and reconstruct affected installations to their approved metering configuration aft months of lawsuit sensitization and warnings against energy theft.

During the exercise, officials reportedly discovered much than 15 residential premises with allegedly bypassed energy meters, portion the energy proviso serving the estate’s information gross was besides said to person been connected done an unauthorized bypass arrangement.

Eyewitnesses said the cognition aboriginal turned convulsive erstwhile immoderate residents allegedly resisted the workout and prevented the officials from leaving the estate.

Several members of the enforcement squad reportedly sustained injuries during the altercation, portion mob...