OBAFEMI HAMZAT LAMENTS HIGH ELECTRICITY TARIFF, SAYS HIS BILL ROSE BY 974% IN A MONTH. (PHOTO).

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 Obafemi Hamzat laments high electricity tariff, says his bill rose by 974% in a month Obafemi Hamzat, deputy governor of Lagos state, says his electricity bill inexplicably skyrocketed from N2.7 million in March to N29 million in April. Hamzat said the electricity distribution company (DisCo) also frustrated his efforts to utilise the prepaid meter he procured. Punch reports that the deputy governor spoke on Monday during a roundtable discussion between the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) and the Lagos state government in Victoria Island. Both parties were billed to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the electrification of rural communities in Lagos. Hamzat, who represented Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of Lagos, at the event, decried what he called ā€œcrazy billsā€ from DisCos. ā€œPeople that are trying to survive, and the common denominator for them is power. They don’t have power. There are billing challenges. In fact I’m a very good example,ā€ he said. ā€œLast month, in my...

MIYETTI ALLAH MEMBERS STORM FHC IN ABUJA TO DEMAND PRESIDENT'S RELEASE.(PHOTO).


 

Miyetti Allah members storm Federal High Court in Abuja to demand president’s release. 


Members of the Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore stormed the Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday, March 13, to demand the unconditional release of their president, Bello Bodejo. 


Bodejo has been held in the custody of the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) since he was arrested on January 23 at the Miyetti Allah’s office in Karu Local Government Area of Nasarawa State over the unveiling of a vigilante group. 

 

The Attorney General of the Federation and minister of justice, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), on February 5, filed a motion ex-parte seeking to remand Bodejo pending the conclusion of the investigation and arraignment in court.


Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court granted an order for Bodejo to be remanded for 15 days. At the expiration of the 15 days, the court gave the Federal Government seven days to file a charge against Bodejo. 

 

At the proceedings on February 22, the judge gave the FG seven days to file a charge against Bodejo. 

 

Bodejo’s lawyer subsequently filed a motion for his unconditional release. The motion is slated for hearing today, March 13.

 

Ahead of the hearing, Miyetti Allah members stormed the court with banners that read: ā€œFree Bello Badejo.ā€

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