The cause of the inferno, which started at about 8am on Sunday has not been established.BEDC operation covers Edo, Delta, Ondo and Ekiti.Akeredolu, berated the company over its services in the state.The governor, who spoke at a wedding ceremony in Okitipupa, stated that no government would be comfortable seeing a large percentage of its population live in darkness.
“We have not relented on a day at putting this issue on the door steps of the concerned authorities, the Distribution Company, DISCO; Tansmission Company of Nigeria, TCN and Niger Delta Power Holding of Nigeria, NDPHN. “We have met severally with the Distribution Company for our State, Benin Electricity Distribution Company, BEDC and have registered displeasure at the services,” he said