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Firm Urges FG To Punish Electricity Thieves
Head, Networks and
Planning of Ikeja Electric, Mr Olalemi Adegbenro, on Friday called on the Federal Government to enact a law to punish electricity thieves.
Adegbenro made the appeal on Friday in an interview with newsmen in Abuja.
“Some people are deliberately stealing electricity through illegal connection and if government can make it a criminal offence not bailable for anybody that cheats or steals electricity.
“When the Distribution Companies catch somebody stealing electricity and take him to the police station, the person only pays for the loss of the revenue.
“And the cost of revenue paid by the culprit may not be equal to the cost of the energy the person has stolen and at the end he would be released.”
He disclosed that Ikeja Electric was currently involved in massive metering of its customers with prepaid smart meters.
Adegbenro added that many customers of the company being provided with meters now were on 33 KVA lines.
He said obsolete, damaged and tampering of meters by fraudulent customers were among the challenges facing the company.
Adegbenro explained that some customers whose meters functioned well, sometimes manipulated them to avoid paying correct charges.
He said the attitude made the company to install smart meters that would enable it to monitor whatever each customer consumed.
He decried a situation where some customers did not want to be metered because the actual energy they consumed would reflect on their meters.
Adegbenro expressed regret that customers owed a lot of revenues to distribution companies and still regarded them as government companies that provided free services.
He urged the electricity consumers to pay their bills as the distribution companies had been
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Kenyan Runners Dominate Berlin Marathons
Kenya made it a clean sweep at the Berlin Marathon with Sabastian Sawe winning the men’s race and Rosemary Wanjiru triumphing in the women’s.
Sawe finished in two hours, two minutes and 16 seconds to make it three wins in his first three marathons.
The 30-year-old, who was victorious at this year’s London Marathon, set a sizzling pace as he left the field behind and ran much of the race surrounded only by his pacesetters.
Japan’s Akasaki Akira came second after a powerful latter half of the race, finishing almost four minutes behind Sawe, while Ethiopia’s Chimdessa Debele followed in third.
“I did my best and I am happy for this performance,” said Sawe.
“I am so happy for this year. I felt well but you cannot change the weather. Next year will be better.”
Sawe had Kelvin Kiptum’s 2023 world record of 2:00:35 in his sights when he reached halfway in 1:00:12, but faded towards the end.
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Ethiopia’s Dera Dida followed three seconds behind Wanjiru, with Azmera Gebru, also of Ethiopia, coming third in 2:21:29.
Wanjiru’s time was 12 minutes slower than compatriot Ruth Chepng’etich’s world record of 2:09:56, which she set in Chicago in 2024.
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