The attempt to put on hold the decision by the Aba Power Limited, to embark on a massive disconnection exercise in Aba and other parts of its area of operations failed as the power company on Friday (21/2/25) commenced the exercise despite a subsisting court order restraining it from disrupting power supply services to its millions of customers via case instituted against the company by the Aba Electricity Consumers Forum.
According to reports, the disconnection exercise was carried out simultaneously in all the nine Local Councils of Abia state that make up the Aba Ring Fence, the operational area of APL. as the Management of the Power Distribution giant insisted that they have not been served any Court order.
Recall an Abia High Court, Isiala Ngwa Division, on Thursday, February 20, 2025 issued the restraining order in a motion ex-parte filed by the Aba Electricity Consumers Forum AECF, against the APL.
The trial Judge, Justice Enyinnaya Okezie had, in addition, directed all relevant court papers, including the restraining order to be served on the defendants – APL, and its parent body, Geometric by substituted means.
Justice Okezie who further ordered the defendants not to tamper with the power supply services to their consumers pending the hearing and determination of the substantive suit
adjourned the matter to 19 March, 2025, for the commencement of hearing on the motion notice.
In their submission, the claimants argued that the planned mass disconnection exercise by the defendants, if allowed to go on, will have severe negative consequences on consumers and their businesses.
In a twist of events , the APL in a statement issued on Thursday by its Management, shockingly described the Court order as fake ,which was equally secured by a non-existent group.
According to the Management, no Interim Court order has been served on the Company purportedly stopping it from either disconnecting its consumers or providing legitimate services under its licensed terms and conditions.
The Company described the claimants, the Aba Electricity Consumers Forum as “a faceless group of individuals ,parading an equally fake court order”.
It was to this end that the power distribution company enjoined the public to disregard the recent radio announcements/news items ,and other related media publications, insisting they were sponsored by the “faceless group”
