Air force personnel invade IKEDC office, ‘assault’ workers over electricity disconnection

Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company (IKEDC) says Nigerian Air Force (NAF) personnel invaded its office over the disconnection of electricity at Sam Ethnan Air Force Base, Ikeja, Lagos state.

Confirming the incident to TheCable on Thursday, Kingsley Okotie, spokesperson for IKEDC, said the NAF personnel vandalised the company’s office, “assaulted” staff members, and made away with several company assets.

“It happened this morning from the Nigerian Air Force, Sam Ethnan Barracks, Ikeja. They are owing us over N4 billion, they were disconnected, and this is what we got,” Okotie said.

“They came, they invaded our offices, our CHQ. As I speak with you now, I have a fractured leg. They molested and assaulted our staff. They went away with about 16 of our vehicles with our drivers driving them at one point,” he said.

“They destroyed all our offices, stole laptops, phones, destroyed all our IT infrastructure, blinded
all the cameras CCTV.

“Luckily, they couldn’t arrest the CEO, but they were looking vehemently for her.”

Okotie said Folake Soetan, IKEDC chief executive officer, had to take cover.

In videos and photos seen by TheCable, printers, closed-circuit television (CCTV) camera, and other equipment were damaged.

Below are photos.