Osun communities challenge IBEDC claims over worsening electricity supply

Residents of astir 40 communities successful Osogbo, Osun State, person rejected allegations made by the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company, IBEDC, concerning their caller protestation implicit mediocre energy supply.

The communities insisted that the objection was peaceful and lawful.

The communities, operating nether the umbrella of the United Communities, made their presumption known connected Thursday portion addressing journalists astatine the palace of the Ataoja of Osogbo, wherever they accused the energy organisation institution of intimidation and misinformation.

According to the group, residents had earlier staged a peaceful protestation and issued a seven-day ultimatum to IBEDC to reconstruct accordant energy proviso to their areas oregon look further action.

Speaking connected behalf of the communities, Dr Nasiru Mohammed work a connection jointly signed by the president of the group, Sulaiman Buruji, noting that the ultimatum had expired without immoderate betterment successful energy supply.

“Today marks the expiration of that seven-day ultimatum. Sadly, alternatively of improvement, the concern has deteriorated further,” Mohammed said.

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