Former Enugu DISCO worker arrested for bypassing and tampering with meters in Anambra

A former employee of the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company PLC (EEDC), Lawrence Okeke, has been arrested for allegedly bypassing & tampering with prepaid meters for the EEDC customers in Onitsha.

He was accused of replacing original meter sensors with fake ones, which enabled him to bypass the meters & prevent them from accurately recording customers consumption.

The illegal activity resulted in significant revenue loss for the distribution company. EEDC in a statement on July 11, said the company’s Meter Monitoring Team discovered the fraud during a routine inspection, following a tip-off from a whistleblower.

At one of the customer’s premises visited at Bida Road, Onitsha they discovered that the meter was bypassed & the original meter sensor removed & replaced with the fake one.

While the team interrogated the customer who already admitted their findings, the customer gave out the identity & contact of the individual that performed the bypass as Lawrence Okeke who happens to be an ex-staff of EEDC