A petition has been submitted to the State House of the Assembly by the Land Lord Association of the Amafor West, Nkpor Agu, for what they call illegal extortion of money by the Power Holding Company of Nigeria, Enugu Distribution, Onitsha Business Unit.
Presenting the petition before the plenary, the member representing Idemili North, in the State House of Assembly, Mr. Tony One Week Muonagor, observed a serious disagreement between the officer in charge of PHCN of the Onitsha Business Unit and the Landlord Association, over the payment of electricity bill never supplied to them by the company.
According to him the disagreement arose after violating the agreement between the two parties to disconnect the light for the non supply of the electricity to the area, by forcing the landlords after some period of disconnection to pay the energy they did not use.
The law –maker, who decried the lackadaisical attitude of the law enforcing agencies to checking the progress of the misunderstanding, expressed the fear that it could lead to serious break down of law and order in the area if not checked.
He therefore pleaded with the State House of Assembly to use the petition as a working document, with the aim of nipping in the board, the misunderstanding.