A police sergeant attached to a house reportedly owned by a
former Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar attacked and brutalized a
worker with the Eko Electricity Distribution Company, Dele Ogundele, for
disconnecting power to the house of the former IG.
The mobile
policeman, Attah Aninoko, on Thursday dragged down Ogundele from an electric
pole opposite the house and beat him so much that he sustained a broken leg.
The matter was said to have been reported to the police at
the Ikoyi division and the sergeant was arrested.
The Head of Corporate Communications Department, Eko
Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC), Mr. Godwin Idemudia, who confirmed
the incident, said the sergeant had been detained.
He explained that the house of the former IG owed a bill of
N154,693.85, adding that the name on the bill was one Yusuf.
He said, “What we do is that anytime customers don’t respond
and pay their bills, we go out with copies of their bills. When we get to their
houses, we tell them what they owe and ask if they had made any payment in the
last 24 hours. If they can’t produce any evidence of such, we disconnect their
electricity.
“That was what we did in this case. We had two of our
vehicles working in the area on that day. On getting to the house around 12noon
on Thursday, October 19, a man came out and we asked for evidence of payment
because we discovered that the house owed over N154,000. When he couldn’t
produce it, we said we would disconnect the power. The man flared up.
“The mobile policeman came out, and while our official was disconnecting
the power from the pole, he ordered him to come down. In fact, he dragged the
official down and beat him up. In the process, the official sustained injuries
and his left leg was broken.”
Idemudia said because the policeman was armed, other officials
of the electricity distribution company were helpless and could only watch
their colleague being brutalised.
He said policemen from the Ikoyi division were alerted and
the cop was arrested. Ogundele was said to have been taken to a hospital.
“When he was taken to the station, he started boasting that
nothing would come out of the case.
“We believe that nobody is above the law. The case should
not be swept under the carpet. The Divisional Police Officer has assured us
that justice would be served,” he added.
The Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Olarinde
Famous-Cole, denied that Ogundele’s leg was broken, adding that the power
company was being mischievous.
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