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EiE Nigeria Weekly Update Monday, Mar 27, 2017

EiE Nigeria Weekly Update Monday, Mar 27, 2017

Class Action on Electricity Meters

March 27, 2017 • Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes

EiE Nigeria Weekly Update Monday, March 27, 2017

“Citizenship is a tough occupation which obliges the citizen tomake his own informed opinion and stand by it."– Martha Gellhorn

Class Action: Unmetered Customers & Estimated Billing

Following the failure of the Eko and Ikeja Electricity Distribution Companies to meter their customers and halt estimated billing, a Lagos-based consumer rights lawyer, Olumide Babalola, has filed a class action suit at the Lagos State High Court on behalf of the unmetered customers.

The suit comes up for mention on Thursday, May 4, 2017.

Click to join the class action lawsuit or

Send your Name, LGA/LCDA, Last Estimated Bill and DISCO Account Number to 09023555335

Another Victim of Cybercrime Act

In the past few weeks, there has been a spike in the arrest of bloggers and activists by the Nigerian Police. Another blogger and social critic, Kemi Olunloyo, was arrested and charged under Section 24 of the Cybercrime Act on an instagram post, where she accused a Port – Harcourt based pastor, David Ibiyeomie, of misconduct, including adultery. The absence of a magistrate, Alatuwo Fubara at the Port Harcourt Magistrate Court on Thursday, March 23rd stalled the hearing on her bail application and she stays back in prison until Thursday, March 30th.EiE, PIN & MRA have been in court since 2016 to repeal the Act. Our next court date is April 26th.