Okoye Chidiebele, the CEO of Dez Mayorz Media and publisher of dezmayorz.org has been marked for destruction by Henry Ajagbawa’s led Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution (PHED).
The company accused him of always ‘writing against them (sic) and threatened to deal with him (Dez Mayorz).
Narrating what happened, Okoye said one mr. Innocent who led the Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution PLC team from SARS road office to threatened him, saying “….u said u be blogger or journalist, do you have money? Do you have N10m?. We are ready to deal with you, next time, you will stay away from what doesn’t concern you”.
Okoye Chidiebele has been consistent in writing about some of the corrupt practices of PHED.
Okoye Chidiebele Narrates:
“In July 2020, PHED staff (Clinton), fully armed with gunmen brutally attacked me, tore my clothes and broke my phone for trying to video of their malpractice.
“I filled a petition and arrested Clinton with the State SCID but he was subsequently released following the intervention of their lawyet. I didn’t get justice nor my phone replaced or fixed. This never discouraged me as I continued to report any sharp practice by the distribution company for them to do better.
“On several occasions, I tried to meet the director, Henry Ajagbawa, but to no avail.
“On 11th May, 2022, PHED staff led by Innocent came to my compound in Eagle Island. I opened the compound gate for them and was with them for about an hour as they discovered 3 bypassed meters, which mine wasn’t part of before I left to work.
“When I came back after 4 hours, they were still in the compound smiling, merrying and exchanging vehicle batteries with my co-tenants. (I wondered what they were doing in one compound for 5 hours).
“When I went to my room, I saw a paper they served me that I bypassed my meter (obviously, in my absence, they deliberately put wires together, took a video of it just to accuse me of bypassing). I insisted I never did what they’re alleging I did and asked why they didn’t show it or made the video all the time I was with them but wasted no time in discovering same immediately I left.
“On Friday 13th May, 2022, same week, I went to PHED office at Moscow road twice to report the situation to the director, Henry Ajagbawa, but I wasn’t granted access to him. Some of their staff that said they are from media department later addressed me, assured that the issue will be resolved and directed me to go to SARS road office for ratification.
When I got there, Ali and Innocent (PHED staff) said I must pay a particular huge amount of money written on a paper that I bypassed. I said no, I didn’t bypass, they should check it from their back end because I won’t pay anything as I didn’t do anything and if there was anything like that, it was done by Innocent himself same day with the reason best known to him and he video it in my absence.
“While leaving the office, Innocent threatened me that I think am smart, that I taught it’s about writing about them. “….you said u be blogger or journalist, do you have money? Do you have N10m to spend?” he asked boastfully. We are ready to deal with you, next time, you will stay away from what doesn’t concern you”. Innocent threatened. And I replied, ‘if I see you near me again, I will arrest you.” At this point, it became clear to me that this is a deliberate plot to discourage me from writing about them.”
