AEDC STAFF STABBED TO DEATH
A staff member of the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) was stabbed to death while he was disconnecting the electricity of residents that are yet to pay their bills Tuesday afternoon, February 25.
they were on duty in the Kabusa area of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, when a man attacked them from behind.
One of them was killed while another escaped with serious injuries.
The body of the deceased AEDC official has been deposited at the mortuary in Garki Hospital, Area 8, Abuja, Guardian reports. The assailant has been arrested and is in police custody.
The head of Corporate Communication at AEDC, Oyebode Fadipe, confirmed the attack.
Fadipe said two of their workers were attacked, while one is dead, the other is receiving treatment at an undisclosed hospital and he is doing well.
He added that the attacks on their staffers had become recurrent and rampant.
Fadipe said AEDC would pursue this case to the logical conclusion and will no longer take this recurrent attack on their officials lightly.
