Police in Edo State Government vehicle invade BEDC against court order

Around 6.15 pm after close of work on Friday 16th September, 2022, when most staff had left the office, a battalion of about 30 fully armed policemen dressed in camouflage and normal police uniform invaded the headquarters of BEDC Electricity Plc in Benin City with about 8 vehicles with the name of Edo State Government on the vehicles to take over the offices of BEDC and claiming  that  they have the mandate  to install Mr. Henry Ajagbawa as Managing Director, which was claimed  to be beyond the law.

The  invasion was notwithstanding the subsisting orders of the Federal High Court in Suit No FHC/ABJ/CS/1113/2022 in which Mr. Ajagbawa, K. C. Akuma, Adeola Ijose, Charles Onwera and Yomi Adeyemi were restrained from parading themselves as directors of BEDC Electricity Plc. The said orders of court also restrained Fidelity Bank PLC and Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission from taking over the business and premises of BEDC.

The private security men guarding the premises were reportedly threatened with forced arrest if they did not allow the entry whilst the armed policemen positioned themselves in combat formation.

Below is a short video of the invasion;