We Stopped Power Supply To Parts Of Osogbo To Avoid Electrocution – IBEDC
Residents of some parts of Osogbo, the Osun State capital may have to remain in darkness for a while to avoid electrocution pending the rehabilitation work that is billed to be carried out soon.
According to the management of Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC), the affected areas were not supplied power due to critical safety issues that have arisen on the power lines servicing the areas.
The affected areas, which include, Iludun, Kasmo, Fiwasaye, Oluode/Kolawole, Owode/Igbona, Surulere/Oke Ayo/Sabo, Atelewo/Plantation, Arikalamu, Akintokun, Ifesowapo, Ife Olu, Asoje, Mosadoluwa, Isokan and Kelebe communities, all located within Osogbo metropolis, are being served with Oluode 11KV.
Also affected but receiving attention according to a statement signed by Kikelomo Owoeye was Ipetu-Ile in Ikirun business hub.
Owoeye, who is the officer in-charge of Branding and Communications for Osogbo Region assured customers of IBDEC’s commitment to the rehabilitation of the affected line very soon.
“IBEDC, being a customer-oriented organization, deliberately shut down the feeder supplying power to these areas after due consultation with the community leaders, without minding the revenue loss that would result from this to enable the company thoroughly and effectively carry out urgent repairs on the affected lines.
“As part of its responsibility to customers, the company engaged the community leaders and members serviced by the feeder to explain the cause of the outage whilst proposing a temporary solution that would ensure some supply, pending the completion of the repair work which is an extremely intensive and costly exercise.
“From one of the many engagements prior to the protest, a four-person committee made up of the community representatives was delegated to work with the distribution company’s technical team to conclude on load-shedding plans in order not to put the communities in total blackout, pending the time the project is embarked upon.”
The company however claimed those leaders reported back that some of the community members were not in support of the load-shedding proposal which happens to be the only temporary solution.
