CDHR storms BEDC Warri office, gives 14-day ultimatum over illegal light committees Human rights group demands town hall meetings across Delta, uniform billing, end to alleged customer extortion By Ezekiel Kagbala The Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR), Delta State Branch, has given the Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) 14 days to convene town hall meetings across its operational units in Delta State and address alleged violations of electricity consumers’ rights. The human rights organisation issued the ultimatum during a visit to BEDC’s Warri Regional Office on Tuesday, where it demanded the immediate dissolution of alleged illegal community electricity committees accused of exploiting consumers and obstructing direct engagement between customers and the distribution company. The delegation, led by the Delta State Chairman of CDHR, Comrade Derrick Oritsematosan Agberen, alongside the State Publicity Secretary, Comrade Nosa Overseey, s...