Lawmaker threatens to sue electricity distribution company over negligence

The lawmaker representing Okitipupa/Irele Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Prince Mike Adeniyi Omogbehin, has threatened to take BEDEC electricity distribution company to court in January next year, if it fails to light up Ondo South Senatorial District before the end of this year.
Omogbehin said the only thing left for him to do after all entreaties to compel them to site have failed, is to sue them to court in January 2018 for negligence and abdication of responsibility.
He sounded the note of warning at Igbotako, Okitipupa Local Government, Ondo State, during an interactive session with journalists. His words: “Ikale people have suffered so much from perpetual darkness due to the inability of BEDEC to provide light for the people of the area since 2009.
“What I will do by January if nothing is done by the electricity distribution company to connect the people of Ondo South to the national grid this December is to charge them to court. I have already consulted my lawyers to take charge of the case,” he stated.
According to him, “before now, I have met with the Minister of Power, Babatunde Fashola together with prominent Obas from Ikale land on the issue. We have gone to the National Assembly and they have given BEDEC directives that my people should be reconnected to the national grid, yet nothing has been done by them. I have also brought the distribution company before the electricity commission, and they have given them directives to restore light to Ikale areas and they have refused. What remains now is to charge them to court for negligence. So, by the end of this year if nothing is done I have no choice than to go to court,” he threatened.
“If you check my two-year-report, you will find photocopies of all the exchange and directives there,” he added.
While promising the people of his constituency more dividends of democracy, he added that two years on, he has been able to attract meaningful projects to the area in terms of educational, medical and support, among others, to better the lives of his people.
He, however, urged them to be calm and law abiding, insisting that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is set to recapture federal power for the good of Nigerians.