Kutiriko Community in Chanchaga local council of Niger State, has dragged the Abuja Electricity Company (AEDC) to a Minna Chief Magistrate court for billing the community while the transformer providing electricity to the area was parked off.

The Spokesman for the Community, Engr. Ibrahim Adamu Haruna disclosed that the Community has been without a power supply for the last seven months yet the Abuja Electricity Company AEDC has been subjecting them to multiple Billings.

Speaking with Journalists in Minna on Thursday, 6th March 2025, Adamu Ibrahim, stated that the community had been subjected to total blackout for over seven months when Governor Umar Mohammed Bago donated a 500KVA transformer to the community.

He applauded the governor for the gesture, promising the community would provide adequate security to the facility.

According to him, since the donation of the transformer, the community has been trying to contribute to purchase of some accessories that will power the transformer.


“But the AEDC keeps on billing us without any reason, which informed our decision to drag them to court to stop them from unnecessary billing.”

“We are in court with AEDC for the court to prevail on them to stop them from the multiple billings without enjoying the Service we are paying for.”

Engr Adamu Ibrahim also explained that the AEDC deliberately refused to install the cable and other accessories that were needed for the installation of the new transformer for the community “yet they are secretly compiling our bills without any reason”

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