The management of the Benin Electricity Distribution Company Plc (BEDC) has described as unacceptable, the incessant attacks on its staff in the line of duty by some customers in the franchise states of Edo, Delta, Ondo and Ekiti.
This is contained in a statement signed by the company’s Acting Head of Corporate Affairs Department, Evelyn Gbiwen.
Gbiwen said the management has declared zero tolerance for brutal assault of BEDC staff in the line of duty, adding that any customer, who perpetuates such act, would henceforth be prosecuted.
“The attention of the management of BEDC has been drawn to the alarming rate of the brutal assault on its staff in the line of duty by customers who deem themselves to be above the law.
“Recently, there was an unprovoked, near-fatal assault of a line worker in a team and the unlawful hostage holding of an engineer, who led the team against his will at Evbuotubu in Benin. As a result of the attack, the worker sustained a fracture on both legs and severe psychological trauma, while the engineer who was held hostage was only released following the intervention of law enforcement agents,” she said.
