A wicked problem is a social or cultural issue or concern that is difficult to explain. One of such is a situation like the wicked power distribution regime of #IkejaElectric, (Abule Taylor undertaking office) that bills customers to death and throw people into darkness at the flippest of instances.
One FRED ODOGBO the Service Manager of the aforementioned undertaking office in Lagos West Senatorial zone might need to tell security and government officials what he knows about outrageous billings, customer intimidation (with Police and Civil Defense forces), Group Disconnection of consumers against Section 36 of the Power Act, 2005 of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, rudeness to customers and senior citizens among many other unethical acts if revelations at our disposal is anything to go by.
On Monday, April 27, one of his marketers, Mr. TONY was said to have engaged in a clandestine money generation exercise around Irepodun community of ojokoro area and environs. TONY who is famous for many unethical misdemeanor was said to have chartered an unmarked van (with no registration of either name or logo of his firm-Ikeja Electric) to carry out the exercise.
A move which made some young people in the community who were around due to the Lock-Down or ‘Stay-at-home’ policy of the Federal Government to question his identity as most of them were not familiar with his face.
He was accosted to reveal his identity but he bluntly refused to do so (despite the fact that he had his ID card hidden inside his shirt). The young people who were on surveillance in the community as a result of the incessant security threats from One million boys or Awawa boys wanted TONY to identify himself but he allegedly refused.
He was said to have succeeded in taking money from some customers in the neighborhood under the guise that his firm is coming to cut off their power before the boys accosted him.
However, everything turned rowdy as the vigilant youths insisted he identify himself or get arrested, especially when it was discovered that the vehicle he brought for the illegal cash-raid was an unmarked vehicle which gives more room for suspicion.
TONY, knowing that his game was over quickly put a call to a leader of the community Mr. Ogbeide who came out of his apartment to bail him from the angry youth. He was never molested, never beaten than forcefully getting his ID card to properly identify him.
It was sure he was on an illegal revenue drive initiative and probably at the instance of his kinsman and boss, FRED ODOGBO.
However, on getting back to his office (which was curiously part of the lock-down as Lagos State was still observing the lock-down by President Buhari as a result of the Corona Virus pandemic), he reported to his boss, FRED and three days later, FRED sent his boys to go and disconnect the entire community from the transformer, both those on Prepaid meter and other users.
All efforts by elders of the community including Police officers at MEIRAN POLICE station to seek his mercy at the troubled community leaders proved abortive as he not only treated them with contempt but equally sent them away on two occasion they visited him in the office. He was said to have asked them to go and pay a certain amount of money before he will give them light.
In this exclusive encounter, residents including elders, women and youths of Irepodun Community told Asabe Afrika TV the several indignation spree, disrespect, including intellectual and psychological distress FRED ODOGBO and his boys has kept the community and other 51 communities in, since he took over as Service Manager at the Abule-Taylor Undertaking office of IKEJA ELECTRIC.
The revelations are quite shocking.
It is an eye-opener to what customers go through in the hands of private power distribution firms in Nigeria.
Find out more in this video.
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Y did u guys take off your mask.
So what is the usefulness of the mask u guys use?
Hello Journalist, why are you not using your face mask
If the money was collected eventually, it's their feeding money 😃😃😃😃😃😃😃
Make sure you record audio of discussions with these PROBLEMATIC Electric Supply staff/officers
9ce job Asabi, however ur mask pls. Bi Olorun ba so yan o ma so ara e ni oooo. Just a word of advice pls
Vote for sowore 2023 is only solution for nigeria
Part of why china are taking over Africa is Language, Nigeria adopts English as their own Language forgetting their own roots and cultures!
Well done Asabe…These are the atrocity some NEPA official do from time immemorial and corrupt practices continue to grow from grass root. Whoever is that Tony needs to be fired period.
Corruption, corruption, corruption, we suffer the whole community for our personal interest. Light , water food, and decent shelter , good transportation system, good roads are vital to human well being. Use your office well ,serve your people with God fearing. Stop selling meters that are supposed to be free…I hope Mr Fred will adjust.
Nigeria who is bewitching you? You are your own enemies. People will complain of lack of jobs and if they get the jobs they abuse the power. That Fred must be fired to be a scapegoat. Very wicked man, imagine if that becomes a president.
Asabe you are not practicing social distancing! What a disgrace!! Smh Nigeria is gone! Revolution now!!!! Or suffer die ! Stop talking too much!!!!
Nigerians don’t know their rights!
They’ll continue to oppress until Nigeria finally say enough!
Asaabeee corona not a joking matter,you waiting for a death of close friend b4 u wake up abi,pls be very careful.
A lot of things are wrong here. First, it was wrong for residents to ask a person to identify himself if the individual was not on their private properties and as the residents were not law enforcement officers. Second, the government is not doing enough to protect the citizens. This is the same manner in which the telecommunication companies in Nigeria are exploiting the citizens. Citizens are not protected and that explains why unofficial exploitation is this common. Thirdly, there is an imbalance business relation between customers and businesses. Why would electricity customers be the ones to maintain tranformers and other equiprments of business operations? Meanwhile, at a difficult moment like this, what is the electricity company's social responsibility to their customers?
All the things happening in Nigeria is like Nigeria don't have any leaders and no oba's nobody that can bring good advice that will change situation of things.e jo se gbogbo awon oba won le se meeting pelu awon ton se ijoba lori awon ara ilu ni because i don't know the work of all the oba
They should distribute meters to all the houses in every community
THIS EXPERIENCE IS A TOTAL CLARIFICATION OF PEOPLE WHO ARE RULED AND CONTROLLED BY THE “JANJAWEED ZOO” REPUBLIC.
NIGERIAN CITIZENS ARE OVERQUALIFIED IN COMPLAINING BUT DO NOT ACT TO CHANGE THEIR NEGATIVE CIRCUMSTANCES.
2023,,, every one of you should support and vote for Sowore ,,,, With out Sowore Nigeria cannot go forward,,, Nigeria youths wake up on your sleep 🛏,,,
Nice job, if channel TV ,NTA etc can do this but they can't because they're the tools using by the corrupt government
Ikeja electric is worse than NEPA, is only in Nigeria will an empty building, I mean building under construction use light amounting into hundreds of thousands and still billing.
The best thing is to get a good government in place otherwise the oppression will keep on.
Government should be blamed for the issue because all the neighbouring countries that Nigeria supply with light has no problem with light why is it that it's impossible for Nigeria to have light but because it's one of the people in power that sells generator so how can we get light but as they choose to punish all the citizens during these hard times God in His infinite mercy will answer our prayer and rain his wrought on the generation of the set of people punishing us
Buhari and APC next level say baba say buhari
Fred MUST go…period!
@AsabeTV – This is a quality job you have done. We need the full name of Tony & Fred to start with – we also need information about which Police station and its location – where the community reported this matter. Social Media is the only pathway for the masses especially the poor & vulnerable in the society.
Everyone should take note of the following information in case you want to complain. (1) Ikeja Electric Plc – Chief Executive Officer is Folake Soetan & she is on Facebook. In addition, Forumites can also complain by sending email to (expressyourself@ikejaelectric.com). Phone details of Ikeja electric plc are ( 09087940825 or 01- 7000250). You can also complain to the Lagos state government for investigation through these numbers – specially created for whistleblowers ( 09010513137, 09010513138 & 09010513139). Finally, if anything is not done then bloggers – should take over and start blogging every executive member of the company. This is a fraudulent activity during lockdown – Tony & Fred should face the consequence & it seems high-level corruption is going on among members of this company.
Pls use mask properly on next interview. It wasn’t properly used on your side and the interviewers. Just for your protection
Please Asabe you have to tell this people you are talking to not remove mouth cover from their mouths while they are talking include you sir Thanks
FRED ! FRED!! FRED!!!.I don't know how best to describe him.He is not customer friendly and I don't see any business sense in what he is doing.He did similar thing to us last in 2019 by disconnecting our Power Supply from the transformer for unjust reason that some people are owing.He gave a bill of Between N65,000 to 85,000 Per Flat consistently for a period of 3 months and he expect people to pay happily.He has become a King and whatever he say is final.He will normally asked the community to write undertaking as if there criminal .He eventually reduced the bill on the condition that will not going to enjoy uninterrupted power like we used to have .Power supply reduced to 10 hours at his own discretion and the bill is still high .IKEJA ELECTRIC Management need to Investigate Fred Activities,between 30-40% of the community are on prepaid now and yet you wont allow them to consumed UNIT Purchase and buy more, there is steady Power availability on the Grid. There is more into his game the management need to Investigate and take decision on FRED
Well done on this video. Your report is incomplete though, you should have had an interaction with the Mr Fred Odogbo in this video before making a conclusion. Kindly interview the Abule-Taylor Undertaking manager and here his side of the story.
The so call Fred Odogbo and Alhaja Noimot, I know them very well. They are Very rude, arrogant,wicked and above all very fraudulent.
My prayer is that for giving us pain, nothing good will come their way, it shall not be well with them and their household, they will never enjoy the fruit of their labour.
I don't know about Fred Odogbo ,I need Ikeja electric to pls stop toying Wit Eruwen electricity . All we are doing is paying for darkness. These disco group is so heartless and wicked .Govt. should send all these disco parking. We tired of you all.