Ogun: IBEDC official beaten to a pulp while distributing bills [photos]

A staff of the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company, IBEDC, Ayorinde Olajide, has  narrated how he almost lost his life yesterday while carrying out his duty.

Mr Olajide was distributing electricity bills at Isale Igbeyin/ Grammar School area of Abeokuta, Ogun State, when some boys attacked him and threw stones at him. Olajide who has now spoken about the brutality narrates the event thus;

“I was busy distributing electricity bills to houses when I was attacked by a group of people asking me to stop the unnecessary distributing of bills, and before I could even explain to them they started throwing stones at me which affected my left eye.

I was badly beaten without pity for discharging my duty, even when my boss arrived at the scene to rescue me into her vehicle, a guy came and hit me on my my left eye.

I was later rescued by my boss who reported the attack at the Ibara Police Station after which i was taken to a nearby Hospital for medical attention.”