Ogun community protests five-year blackout
Traditional rulers, community leaders, religious heads, women, men and youths of Ibafo community in the Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State have protested against the absence of electricity in the community. PUNCH Metro learnt that the residents had been living in darkness for the past five years and efforts to get the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company to fix the problem had hit brick walls. Economic activities, security and the social life of the more than one million people, said to be living in the area, were said to have been affected. The residents said apart from the huge expenses on fuel to run generators, development had been elusive as businesses had not been established in the area. The placard-carrying residents marched to the PUNCH Place at Magboro, Ogun State, on Saturday, decrying their poor treatment by the Ibadan Disco, and alleging that the company had been deceptive and nonchalant about their situation. Some of the placards read, ...