The Managing Director of Korax Hotel and Suite, Uduere, Agbarha-Otor Road, in Ughelli, Delta State, Mr. Felix Ukpije has lamented, petitioning the Benin Electricity Distribution Company, BEDC, over alleged refusal to connect his hotel to national grid after having been certified and approved for commissioning.
In a petition addressed to the Managing Director, Benin Electricity Distribution Company, BEDC, through the Chief Technical Officer, CTO, Benin Zone, Engr. Kingsley Atseyinku, the Korax Hotel and Suite MD, said all requirements for the commissioning have been met but yet not connected.
The petition which reads in parts, said, “The MD of Jetob Hotel and Suite, Hon. Efe Tobor, requested that I must pay him huge some of money before I will be connected and till date my transformer has not been commissioned because he is insisting on the payment or I will not be connected.
“I also want to draw the attention of the misconduct of the BHTO of Ughelli, Engr. Innocent Utebor, who has compromised, asking me to go and settle with the MD of Jetob Hotel and Suite, Hon. Efe Tobor before l will be connected.”
Mr. Ukpije initially called the attention of the heads of BEDC in Ughelli and Engr. Innocent Utebor and the Regional Head, Warri and the Chief Technical Officer, CTO, Engr. Kingsley Atseyinku and they acted swiftly by putting off the light of Jetob Hotel and Suite, only to discover that they had gone back to put it on, when the issues is yet to be resolved.
The Head of Branding and Corporate Communications for BEDC Electricity Plc, Mrs. Evelyn Gbiwen, who spoke on behalf of the said they received a copy of the petition and the internal auditors already investigating the allegations against BEDC’s heads.
