Rivers community owes us N5.8bn, says DisCo | The Nation News

The Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company has decried debts owed by its consumers saying the Oyigbo community, whose youths recently shut down the Afam Power Plant, has accumulated unpaid bills of N5.8bn since 2013.

Ajagbawa, who was represented by the General Manager, Services, Ochuko Amah, said the community rebuffed many persuasive engagements with the community to pay their debts. He said: “We have engaged the Oyigbo community for about 10 times over the issues of non payment of electricity bills but to no avail.

“The answer is not far-fetched. They have an erroneous believe that they are entitled to free electricity, but we are a private company. There is no way we can buy electricity from the national grid and sell it for free. It is not done anywhere.”

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