Barely few months after two family member were jailed in Koko Delta State for stealing electricity cables, Benin Electricity Distribution Plc. (BEDC) has again won the war against electricity vandals as two transformer vandals, John Joshua aged 25 years and Yakubu Idris, also aged 28 years, were apprehended by community members while vandalizing a transformer

The Electricity Power Sector Reforms (EPSR) Act 2005, apart from unbundling the power sector, also mandates the unbundled business units to generate, transmit and distribute/market quality, stable and safe electricity supply to every nook and cranny of this country.  In the execution of this mandate, the Nigerian Electricity Power Supply Industry unenviably finds itself confronted

Vandalism of BEDC’s installations and equipment: Vandalism of the Company’s equipment and electrical installations has become a favourite past-time of some hoodlums and other criminal elements.  Apart from causing avoidable prolonged power interruptions to our esteemed customers, it has led to untimely deaths of these elements who have taken vandalism of power equipment as vocation.