Adeniyi Olugbemi, Sokoto
The Kaduna Electric powered Distribution Firm past Wednesday disconnected electrical energy supply to the household of late Alhaji Shehu Shagari, the Next Republic President of Nigeria, over unpaid expenses estimated to be around N6m.
Occupants of the household, together with late Shagari wives and relations, were being saved from darkness, as the mild was afterwards reconnected identical working day, following intervention or a surety who promised to settle the monthly bill.
A KAEDCO official at the Sokoto business enterprise business, who pleaded not to be named, informed our correspondent that the light-weight was reconnected on a solid determination to settle the exceptional bill by an nameless surety. He on the other hand, did not disclose the anonymous surety.
KAEDCO spokesman, Abdulaziz Abdullahi, who confirmed the disconnection of the late President home located on Sama Road, in Sokoto, stated, “The bill has not been paid out considering the fact that the former president died on December 28, 2018 at the age of 93.
“The firm has supplied ample grace for them to settle the expenses just before the disconnection.”
A family resource disclosed that prior to Shagari’s loss of life the state govt footed the electricity charges of the former leader.
Nonetheless, a Sokoto Point out authorities official who spoke to our correspondent on affliction of anonymity said, “You know the welfare of the late president’s spouse and children rests solely on the Federal Governing administration, if the state federal government assists, it is just out of compassion and regard for the late President.”