Around 6:15 pm after the closing of work on Friday 16th September 2022, when most staff had left the office, a battalion of about 30 fully armed policemen dressed in camouflage and normal police uniform invaded the headquarters of BEDC Electricity Plc in Benin City with about 8 vehicles with the name of Edo State Government on the vehicles to take over the offices of BEDC and claiming forceful mandate given to install Mr. Henry Ajagbawa as Managing Director beyond the law.
The unlawful invasion was notwithstanding the subsisting orders of the Federal High Court in Suit No FHC/ABJ/CS/1113/2022 in which Mr. Ajagbawa, K. C. Akuma, Adeola Ijose, Charles Onwera, and Yomi Adeyemi were restrained from parading themselves as directors of BEDC Electricity Plc. The said orders of the court also restrained Fidelity Bank PLC and the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission from taking over the business and premises of BEDC.
The private security men guarding the premises were threatened with forced arrest if they did not allow entry whilst the armed policemen positioned themselves in combat formation.
Below is a short video of the invasion.
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