Some angry Omu Aran youths led by two masquerades, protested what they described as ‘outrageous billing’ and sudden movement of community’s electricity billing regime from Band C to Band A.
It was gathered that the protesters on Friday, were seen at Bareke roundabout, Irepodun Local Government, Kwara State, carrying placards with various inscriptions.
Some of the inscriptions on the placards reads: ‘Omu-Aran Says No to Band A’, ‘Bring Back to Band C’, ‘Revert Omu-Aran to Band C’. ‘Omu-Aran Youths Have Spoken Loudly’.
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The youths believe that movement of the electricity billing from Band C to Band A was responsible for the outrageous bills received for the month of March, 2025.
The demonstrators, who were peaceful and orderly while the protest lasted, rejected an attempt to be escorted by police personnel and some other security agencies.
The current charges on some of the electricity bills gathered by the youth were between the range of N41,000 and N47,000 for the month of March as against the old rate of between N10,000 and N15,000.
The youths, in a statement by the President of Omu-Aran Development Association, Niyi Adeyeye, called for the replacement of faulty transformers and the reversion of the billing from Band A.
Mr. Niyi said: “Some of our demands include the replacement of faulty transformers leading to inconsistent electricity supply in some key areas of the community, reversion of the billing from Band A to the previous Band C and improvement of electricity supply, suspension of Band A billings and review of the current charges to reflect the old billing regime.
“Other demands included independent review of IBEDC service delivery in Omu-Aran to assess the relevance of the proper tariff regime classification, immediate stoppage of overdraft purchase on pre-paid meters as well as stoppage of electricity consumers purchasing materials for faulty electricity equipments.”
