For allegedly extorting through estimated electricity bill, a Lagos-based lawyer, James Ogunyemi and one other have dragged Ikeja Electricity Distribution Plc (IKEDC) to a Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja.
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The claimants are seeking an order of the court ‎to restrain IKEDC from further giving them estimated, coded and any form of fraudulent bills in excess of the actual units of electricity they consumed.

Ogunyemi and a consumer, Igiebor Solomon are seeking a declaration that it is illegal to issue estimated bills to them when IKEDC confirmed that they have functional meters.
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The claimants are seeking N5million damages for unlawful disconnection of electricity supply to their apartments and fraudulent extortion of money/payment from him.

The claimants averred that, they received estimated bills for March, August, September, and December 2014 as well as January and February 2015 despite having accessible, functional meters.