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ONE Thousand and Four (1004) Home Owners and Residents Association (1004 HORA), Victoria Island, Lagos, has accused the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Bar Beach Police Station, CSP Isa Lawal, of abetting a resident of the estate and Police Community Relations Committee (PCRC) Chairman, Mr. Mathew Ibadin, to commit energy theft on the estate.
The home owners claimed that this has threatened 24 hours power supply in the area.
They also accused the DPO of unlawful arrests, detention of their officials and abetting the PCRC chairman to flout the byelaws of the estate.
Speaking on behalf of the home owners, 1004HORA Acting Chairperson Lara Ademola alleged that Ibadin had been using his position as the chairman of Victoria Island PCRC to cause mayhem on the estate with the support of the DPO.
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She claimed that the estate provides 24 hours electricity supply to its residents, using a combination of public and privately generated power supply, as most utilities on the estate depend on power, but the recent moves by Mr. Ibadin have not only thwarted such effort, but also abetted some suspected criminals on the estate to steal energy.
She said efforts to bring the suspects to book proved abortive despite that the reports were incidented at the Bar Beach Division, Area Command Lion Building, Zone 2 Command, Lagos and reported to the CP and IGP.
Ibadin denied the allegations, describing them as baseless.
He described the Home Owners as an unconstituted authority.
Police spokesman SP Muyiwa Adejobi said the CP had taken actions on the matter.
He said: “The CP has taken actions on the matter and I have some correspondences to prove that. However, this news briefing will be discussed with the CP for further actions. We urge the parties to have trust in the CP for justice.”
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